Berlin Marathon List Of Winners And Record Breakers

The Berlin Marathon, one of the seven marathon majors, is a held annually on the streets of Berlin, Germany on the last weekend of September. Held annually since 1974, the event includes multiple races over the marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi), including elite level road running competitions for men and women, a race for the public, an inline skating race, a wheelchair race, and a handcycle race.

The competition is split over two days, with skaters competing on the marathon course on Saturday before the running events. Power walkers, hand-bikers, wheelchair riders, and a children’s marathon (4.2195 kilometres (2.6219 mi), 1/10 of the regular distance)  are also part of the Berlin Marathon weekend. The elite running and wheelchair races are part of the World Marathon Majors, an annual series of top level races.

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Berlin Marathon offers a flat course providing opportunity for runners to create new records. A record eight women scored times below 2:20 in the 2023 race, and a record nine men were below 2:05 and 15 finished inside 2:06. The marathon world record has been broken in Berlin on thirteen occasions. Most recently, Eliud Kipchoge set a new men’s world record in 2022 (2:01:09). Tigist Assefa set a new women’s world record in 2023 (2:11:53). Since then, both records have been broken at the Chicago Marathon.

In the wheelchair race, Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland) 2023 broke the world record in 1:34:16 hours, with two women just one second behind.

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Also Read: List Of Records At Each Of The 7 Marathon Majors

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