Berlin marathon

BMW Berlin Marathon
venue	Berlin Germany
First run	1974
Records
distance	42.195 kilometers
track record	Men: 2:01:39 h, 2018 (WR) Eliud Kipchoge   Women: 2:18:11 h, 2018 Gladys Cherono
Website	Official website

The Berlin Marathon (currently officially called BMW Berlin Marathon ) is an annually in Berlin taking place road and fun run . The run, organized by SC Charlottenburg , took place for the first time in October 1974 as the Berlin People's Marathon and is today Germany's most popular marathon running event .

The current mode of the Berlin Marathon is a two-day event (Saturday / Sunday). In addition to the main run on Sunday over 42.195 km (including wheelchair users and handbikers ) there is a mini marathon for schoolchildren over the last 4.2195 km of the original route and a marathon for inline skaters on Saturday .

The run is one of the World Marathon Majors and, along with the events in New York , Boston and London, is one of the largest and most renowned marathons in the world. According to the average times of the ten best results for men and women, the Berlin route is the fastest in the world. Seven official IAAF men's world records have been set here since 2003, most recently in 2018 by Eliud Kipchoge (2:01:39 h).

In starting block E at the Berlin Marathon 2004 just before the starting gun

Berlin Marathon 2009

Finisher medal of the Berlin Marathon 2005

Berlin Marathon 2011: Musyoki and Gebrselassie at km 27 (Breitenbachplatz) still tied

Berlin Marathon 2008 - on the track

history

The big running events began on November 8, 1964 in West Berlin . On this day, the first Berlin cross-country run took place on the Teufelsberg with over 700 participants. A group around Horst Milde organized this run after they were inspired by a race at Le Mans . In the following years, the SCC-Cross at Teufelsberg developed into a permanent institution in the Berlin sports scene.

Ten years later, the 1st Berlin People's Marathon took place in 1974 . Horst Milde was inspired by a marathon that was organized by the Berlin Athletics Association on October 14, 1973 with start and finish at the Mommsen Stadium with 92 participants. Convinced that there is a far greater interest among the popular runners in a run over this distance, Milde organized a marathon on the same route the following year. Of the 286 registered runners, 244 reached the finish. The start was in front of the Mommsen Stadium on Waldschulallee and a commute was run in Grunewald , along the AVUS , almost to the Wannsee lido . Günter Hallas (born January 18, 1942) won the men in 2:44:53 h, in the women the former middle-distance runner Jutta von Haase won her first competition over a distance longer than 1500 m in 3:22:01 h. Hallas has started 34 times in the Berlin Marathon, Bernd Hübner has two more participations with 36 Berlin Marathons so far.

From 1975 the route was changed a little. The start and finish were moved to the Mommsen Stadium. The second event was also aimed at the Berliner Volksläufer. A married couple won: Ralf Bochröder in the men and Kristin Bochröder in the women. In 1977 the German Marathon Championship was integrated into the event and started an hour later. During these championships, Christa Vahlensieck set an unofficial world record with 2: 34: 47.5 hours. When the French occupation forces carried out the 25 km de Berlin as Berlin's first city ​​run in May 1981 , the plan to move the marathon to the city center matured. The organizer SCC initially encountered incomprehension from the authorities. For example, Horst Milde, Klaus Huebner, the then police chief of Berlin, is said to have been introduced with the sentence "There is a madman sitting over there - he wants to run through the city." The organizer was initially informed by the police that the streets were there for the cars. Although the Berlin Senate did not object to the race, there were still some political hurdles that could be overcome with the help of the Western allies - Horst Milde had turned to John Kornblum , the head of the US mission.

"City marathon" since 1981

In 1981 the run finally left the Grunewald and became the city marathon. The start was on the meadow in front of the Reichstag building , the route passed, among other things, Checkpoint Charlie and the finish line was on Kurfürstendamm . On the asphalt track, it was possible for wheelchair users to take part in the race. With 3486 registered participants, the Berlin Marathon 1981 was already the largest German city run. Due to the steadily increasing number of participants, the start was moved to the Straße des 17. Juni in 1987 . In addition, for the first time the organizer engaged over 30 music groups along the route. The pupils' mini marathon celebrated its premiere in 1989. The idea was to let teams of ten students run the last 4.2195 km of the marathon. Adding ten students together, this resulted in the entire marathon distance. The concept was very popular and still exists.

On September 30, 1990, three days before German reunification , the race led through the Brandenburg Gate for the first time . However, the start continued in the opposite direction on Straße des 17. Juni. The great interest in this race made it necessary to reject registrations for the first time: the participant limit of 25,000 was reached. For the first time, a marathon was broadcast live on German television, and there was even a live broadcast in Japan.

In 1994 electronic timekeeping was introduced with the help of the ChampionChip . In the same year, the wheelchair marathon race of the handicapped world championships was held in Berlin, which Heinz Frei won with a world best time of 1:22:12 h. In 1995 Sammy Lelei ran the second fastest time ever with 2:07:02 h and missed the world best time by just twelve seconds.

In 1997 inline skaters took to the track for the first time . For the 25th Berlin Marathon in 1998, the record of participants from the 1990 run was exceeded for the first time with 32,877 participants. The winner was Ronaldo da Costa with 2:06:05 hours and thus he broke the decade-old world record of belayneh dinsamo (2:06:50 h). Ronaldo da Costa was the first runner to run a marathon at an average speed of more than 20 km / h. In the following year 1999 the world best performance of women fell: Tegla Loroupe won with 2:20:43 h. In the men's race, two times under 2:07 h were run for the first time. Thus, Berlin was number one on the list of the fastest marathons. For the first time, power walkers took part in the run. In 2001 there was another world record. The Japanese Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi was the first woman to run under 2:20 hours with 2:19:46 hours. The run was broadcast live in Japan and achieved audience ratings of over 50 percent.

After the Berlin Marathon of Skaters had become the largest of its kind with over 7000 finishers in 2002 , the execution was postponed to the evening before the main run from 2003. In addition, the route was changed in 2003 so that the destination was no longer on Kurfürstendamm, but on the Brandenburg Gate . The start was moved to Straße des 17. Juni in front of the Brandenburg Gate. This eliminated the time-consuming transport of the participant bags, which the athletes could always hand in at the start. The changed route now led more through the former eastern part of the city and the street Unter den Linden became the home straight. A world record was achieved for the 30th Berlin Marathon, which was later recognized as the first official marathon world record. Paul Tergat from Kenya was the first man to run under 2:05 hours with 2:04:55 hours, his compatriot and pacemaker Sammy Korir only needed one second more. In 2004, Mark Milde, who had been responsible for the top runners since 1999, replaced his father Horst Milde as race director. Since 2004, the Berlin Marathon has included a competition for hand bikers .

Wilson Kipsang at the world record run, Berlin Marathon 2013

In 2006 the five largest marathon events in the world founded the World Marathon Majors running series ; these included the Berlin Marathon, the Boston Marathon , the London Marathon , the Chicago Marathon and the New York City Marathon . From 2013 the Tokyo Marathon was added as the sixth event in the series. The entire series runs for two years and is endowed with 500,000 US dollars each for the best man and the best woman. From 2006 to 2009, Haile Gebrselassie was the only runner to date to win the Berlin Marathon four times in a row. After crossing the finish line with a new world record in 2007 , Gebrselassie was the first man to run under 2:04 hours (2:03:59) in 2008, which ultimately made him the darling of the Berlin sports crowd. Also in 2008 Irina Mikitenko was successful and won the women's race with a German record of 2:19:19 h.

In 2011, the car manufacturer BMW replaced the retail chain Real as the title sponsor. In the race, last year's winner Patrick Makau met with world record holder Gebrselassie, who wanted to take his fifth victory on his fifth start, which he did not succeed. Makau won the race and also beat the world record with a time of 2:03:38 h.

In 2013, all seven world record holders of the past few years were invited to Berlin for the 40th anniversary of the Berlin Marathon. Wilson Kipsang won the race with a new world record time of 2:03:23 hours. Just one year later, Dennis Kimetto was the first person ever to run the 42.195 km under 2:03 hours (2:02:57 h). This time was undercut again on September 16, 2018 by Eliud Kipchoge , who also undercut the mark of 2:02 h with 2:01:39 h.

In 2020 the Berlin Marathon was planned for September 26th and 27th. On April 21, 2020, the Berlin Senate prohibited all major events with more than 5,000 participants until October 24 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic . On June 24, 2020, the organizers officially announced that the Berlin Marathon would not take place in 2020.

Statistics runners marathon

Course records

• Men: 2:01:39 h, Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN ), 2018 (world record)
• Women: 2:18:11 h, Gladys Cherono ( KEN ), 2018

Winners list

Sources: Organizer website and ARRS

date	Men	Time (h)	Women	Time (h)
Oct 13, 1974	Günter Hallas ( GER )	2:44:53	Jutta von Haase ( GER )	3:22:01
28 Sep 1975	Ralf Bochroeder ( GER )	2:47:08	Kristin Bochroeder ( GER )	3:59:15
26 Sep 1976	Ingo Sensburg ( GER )	2:23:08	Ursula Blaschke ( GER )	3:05:19
Sep 10 1977	Norman Wilson ( GBR )	2:16:21	Angelika Brandt ( GER )	3:10:27
Sep 10 1977	Günter Mielke ( GER )	2:15:19	Christa Vahlensieck ( GER )	2:34:48 WR
3rd Sep 1978	Michael Spöttel ( GER )	2:20:03	Ursula Blaschke (2nd victory)	2:57:09
Sep 30 1979	Ingo Sensburg (2nd win)	2:21:09	Jutta von Haase (2nd victory)	3:07:07
28 Sep 1980	Ingo Sensburg (3rd win)	2:16:48	Gerlinde Püttmann ( GER )	2:47:18
27 Sep 1981	Ian Ray ( GBR )	2:15:42	Angelika Stephan ( GER )	2:47:24
26 Sep 1982	Domingo Tibaduiza ( COL )	2:14:47	Jean Lochhead ( GBR )	2:47:05
25 Sep 1983	Karel Lismont ( BEL )	2:13:37	Karen Goldhawk ( GBR )	2:40:32
Sep 30 1984	John Skovbjerg ( DEN )	2:13:35	Ágnes Sipka ( HUN )	2:39:32
29 Sep 1985	Jimmy Ashworth ( GBR )	2:11:43	Magda Ilands ( BEL )	2:34:10
28 Sep 1986	Bogusław Psujek ( POL )	2:11:03	Charlotte Teske ( GER )	2:32:10
Oct. 4, 1987	Suleiman Nyambui ( TAN )	2:11:11	Kerstin Preßler ( GER )	2:31:22
Oct 9, 1988	Suleiman Nyambui (2nd win)	2:11:45	Renata Kokowska ( POL )	2:29:16
Oct 1, 1989	Alfredo Shahanga ( TAN )	2:10:11	Päivi Tikkanen ( FIN )	2:28:45
Sep 30 1990	Steve Moneghetti ( AUS )	2:08:16	Uta Pippig ( GDR )	2:28:37
29 Sep 1991	Steve Brace ( GBR )	2:10:57	Renata Kokowska (2nd win)	2:27:36
27 Sep 1992	David Tsebe ( RSA )	2:08:07	Uta Pippig (2nd win)	2:30:22
26 Sep 1993	Xolile Yawa ( RSA )	2:10:57	Renata Kokowska (3rd win)	2:26:20
25 Sep 1994	António Pinto ( POR )	2:08:31	Katrin Dörre-Heinig ( GER )	2:25:15
Sep 24 1995	Sammy Lelei ( KEN )	2:07:02	Uta Pippig (3rd win)	2:25:37
29 Sep 1996	Abel Antón ( ESP )	2:09:15	Colleen De Reuck ( RSA )	2:26:35
28 Sep 1997	Elijah Lagat ( KEN )	2:07:41	Catherina McKiernan ( IRL )	2:23:44
Sep 20 1998	Ronaldo da Costa ( BRA )	2:06:05 WR	Marleen Renders ( BEL )	2:25:22
26 Sep 1999	Josephat Kiprono ( KEN )	2:06:44	Tegla Loroupe ( KEN )	2:20:43 WR
Sep 10 2000	Simon Biwott ( KEN )	2:07:42	Kazumi Matsuo ( JPN )	2:26:15
Sep 30 2001	Joseph Ngolepus ( KEN )	2:08:47	Naoko Takahashi ( JPN )	2:19:46 WR
29 Sep 2002	Raymond Kipkoech Chemwelo ( KEN )	2:06:47	Naoko Takahashi (2nd win)	2:21:49
28 Sep 2003	Paul Tergat ( KEN )	2:04:55 WR	Yasuko Hashimoto ( JPN )	2:26:32
26 Sep 2004	Felix Limo ( KEN )	2:06:44	Yōko Shibui ( JPN )	2:19:41
25 Sep 2005	Philip Kipkurgat Manyim ( KEN )	2:07:41	Mizuki Noguchi ( JPN )	2:19:12
Sep 24 2006	Haile Gebrselassie ( ETH )	2:05:56	Gete Wami ( ETH )	2:21:34
Sep 30 2007	Haile Gebrselassie (2nd win)	2:04:26 WR	Gete Wami (2nd win)	2:23:17
28 Sep 2008	Haile Gebrselassie (3rd win)	2:03:59 WR	Irina Mikitenko ( GER )	2:19:19
Sep 20 2009	Haile Gebrselassie (4th win)	2:06:08	Atsede Habtamu ( ETH )	2:24:46
26 Sep 2010	Patrick Makau Musyoki ( KEN )	2:05:08	Aberu Kebede ( ETH )	2:23:58
25 Sep 2011	Patrick Makau Musyoki (2nd win)	2:03:38 WR	Florence Jebet Kiplagat ( KEN )	2:19:44
Sep 30 2012	Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai ( KEN )	2:04:15	Aberu Kebede (2nd win)	2:20:30
29 Sep 2013	Wilson Kipsang ( KEN )	2:03:23 WR	Florence Jebet Kiplagat (2nd win)	2:21:13
28 Sep 2014	Dennis Kimetto ( KEN )	2:02:57 WR	Tirfi Tsegaye ( ETH )	2:20:18
27 Sep 2015	Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN )	2:04:00	Gladys Cherono ( KEN )	2:19:25
25 Sep 2016	Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH )	2:03:03	Aberu Kebede (3rd win)	2:20:45
Sep 24 2017	Eliud Kipchoge (2nd win)	2:03:32	Gladys Cherono (2nd win)	2:20:23
16 Sep 2018	Eliud Kipchoge (3rd win)	2:01:39 WR	Gladys Cherono (3rd win)	2:18:11
29 Sep 2019	Kenenisa Bekele (2nd win)	2:01:41	Ashete Bekere ( ETH )	2:20:14
26 Sep 2020	called off
25 Sep 2021

Development of the finish lines

Runner at the finish; Highlights : record numbers

year	Total number	Men	Women	Proportion of men	Proportion of women
1974	244	234	10	96%	4%
1975	236	232	4th	98%	2%
1976	311	296	15th	95%	5%
1977	230	219	11	95%	5%
1978	197	187	10	95%	5%
1979	222	207	15th	93%	7%
1980	294	276	18th	94%	6%
1981	2,561	2,418	149	94%	6%
1982	3,448	3,318	130	96%	4%
1983	5.121	4,886	235	95%	5%
1984	7,297	6,875	422	94%	6%
1985	9,810	9,146	664	93%	7%
1986	11,450	10,574	876	92%	8th %
1987	12,674	11,651	1,023	92%	8th %
1988	13,117	11,986	1,131	91%	9%
1989	13,433	12,233	1,200	91%	9%
1990	22.806	20,415	2,391	90%	10%
1991	14,849	13,456	1,393	91%	9%
1992	13,225	11,918	1,307	90%	10%
1993	14,107	12,586	1,521	89%	11%
1994	12,263	10,980	1,283	90%	10%
1995	13,088	11,682	1.406	89%	11%
1996	16,529	14,489	2,040	88%	12%
1997	14,982	13,120	1,862	88%	12%
1998	21.004	17,795	3,209	85%	15%
1999	19,129	16,537	2,592	87%	13%
2000	22,879	19,332	3,547	84%	16%
2001	25,792	21,669	4.123	84%	16%
2002	25,286	20,880	4,406	83%	17%
2003	30,709	25,108	5,601	82%	18%
2004	28,022	22,800	5,222	81%	19%
2005	30,373	24,501	5,872	81%	19%
2006	30,182	24.094	6,088	80%	20%
2007	32,486	25,994	6,492	80%	20%
2008	35,783	28,354	7,429	79%	21%
2009	35,035	27,965	7,070	80%	20%
2010	34,225	26,726	7,499	78%	22%
2011	32,986	25,572	7,414	78%	22%
2012	34,350	26,451	7,899	77%	23%
2013	36,544	27,549	8,995	75%	25%
2014	28,999	22,209	6,790	77%	23%
2015	36,817	27,894	8,923	76%	24%
2016	35,999	26,772	9.227	74%	26%
2017	39,234	28,162	11,072	72%	28%
2018	40,781	28,452	12,329	70%	30%
2019	44,065	30,775	13,290	70%	30%
2020	called off
2021

Inline skating marathon

development

In 1997, the inline skating marathon became part of the Berlin Marathon and thus the first event to offer inline skating as part of a large city marathon in Germany. 446 skaters took part in the first race. The French Caroline Jean and Pascal Briand became the premiere winners. The French dominated the following year as well, taking first to third place for both women and men. In 1999, 4,179 inline skaters took part. The course records were improved by several minutes for both women and men. The winner Anne Titze was the first woman under 1:10:00 h.

At the 2000 event with over 6700 participants, Angèle Vaudan set a new world record (1:08:29 h). The Berlin speed skater Claudia Pechstein finished nineteenth. The performance density increased from edition to edition, so that the decision was increasingly made in the mass sprint on the home straight. After the race had become larger and more attractive in 2002 with over 7000 finishers, the organizers decided to hold the skater race separately on the Saturday before the running marathon. The inline skating race on Saturday became the world's largest inline skating marathon with 9612 athletes. The women celebrated a triple success for the USA.

Leading group at kilometer 24 of the 2008 Skater Marathon

Due to complaints from drivers and retailers, the 2004 skater race started on Saturday morning. With 8191 starters, the early start time led to a decline in the number of participants and viewers. That is why the start of 2005 was again set for the afternoon. The Italians triumphed three times for men and Brigitte Mendez, the second Colombian in a row, won for women.

For the tenth anniversary of the inline skating marathon, the route led through the Brandenburg Gate for the first time. So the skaters only reached the finish line on the Straße des 17. Juni and not already on Unter den Linden . The event in the following year was affected by the wet track and, contrary to previous years, there was no mass sprint decision. The Swiss Nicolas Iten was able to pull away from his four companions around 2.5 km from the finish and won on his own. In the women's sprint, Hilde Goovaerts from Belgium prevailed in a small group. This included the German Michaela Neuling (fifth) and the seventeen year old (second) Sabine Berg .

In 2009, both Cecilia Baena in the women and Luca Saggiorato in the men each achieved their third success in Berlin, they are the skaters with the most wins in the inline skating marathon. In 2011 and 2012, the German Sabine Berg achieved two victories in a row. Both times she prevailed in the mass sprint from the main field and Ewen Fernandez also won twice in the men . In his second success, he even managed to do this with a new course record of 1:00:04 h, where he crossed the finish line together with his teammate Bart Swings , who let him win for his help during the season. Bart Swings became the face of the 2013 and 2014 events . In 2013, he was the first skater to cross the finish line in less than an hour. In 2014 and 2015, the Belgian won again in record time with the last time being 56:49 minutes. In the years 2016 to 2018, too, he stayed under an hour as an uninterrupted winner. In 2014 the Dutchman Manon Kamminga also managed to set a new course record with her second win in a row. She finished with a time of 1:07:44 h.

From 2000 to 2010, the skater marathon was part of the World Inline Cup (WIC), the highest ranking racing series in the world. From 2004 the World Cup final took place in Berlin. Since the 18th edition in 2014, the race has been part and at the same time the conclusion of the German Inline Cup (GIC).

statistics

• Course records
  • Men: 0: 56: 49h, Bart Swings ( BEL ), 2015
  • Women: 1: 06: 35h, Maira Yaqueline Arias ( ARG ), 2017

Winners list

No.	year	Men	Time (h)	Women	Time (h)
01	1997	Pascal Briand ( FRA )	1:07:52	Caroline Jean ( FRA )	1:15:30
02	1998	Johann Langenberg ( FRA )	1:07:32	Caroline Lagree ( FRA )	1:14:20
03	1999	Tristan Loy ( FRA )	1:01:08	Anne Titze ( GER )	1:09:32
04th	2000	Chad Hedrick ( USA )	1:01:45	Angèle Vaudan ( FRA )	1:08:29
separate start of women and men
05	2001	Arnaud Gicquel ( FRA )	1:04:17	Sheila Herrero ( ESP )	1:12:57
06th	2002	Juan-Carlos Betancur ( COL )	1:04:44	Angèle Vaudan (2nd win)	1:13:59
07th	2003	Juan-Carlos Betancur (2nd win)	1:02:03	Julie Glass ( USA )	1:11:28
08th	2004	Roger Schneider ( SUI )	1:04:43	Cecilia Baena ( COL )	1:17:08
09	2005	Luca Saggiorato ( ITA )	1:01:21	Brigitte Mendez ( COL )	1:10:43
10	2006	Luca Saggiorato (2nd win)	1:02:25	Giovanna Turchiarelli ( ITA )	1:14:02
11	2007	Nicolas Iten ( SUI )	1:12:30	Hilde Goovaerts ( BEL )	1:23:20
12	2008	Joey Mantia ( USA )	1:00:33	Cecilia Baena (2nd win)	1:13:24
13	2009	Luca Saggiorato (3rd win)	1:02:50	Cecilia Baena (3rd win)	1:14:47
14th	2010	Severin Widmer ( SUI )	1:09:19	Giovanna Turchiarelli (2nd win)	1:22:25
15th	2011	Ewen Fernandez ( FRA )	1:01:26	Sabine Berg ( GER )	1:14:56
16	2012	Ewen Fernandez (2nd win)	1:00:04	Sabine Berg (2nd win)	1:14:13
17th	2013	Beard Swings ( BEL )	0:59:28	Manon Kamminga ( NED )	1:09:58
18th	2014	Bart Swings (2nd win)	0:58:10	Manon Kamminga (2nd win)	1:07:44
19th	2015	Bart Swings (3rd win)	0:56:49	Sandrine Tas ( BEL )	1:09:20
20th	2016	Bart Swings (4th win)	0:59:59	Manon Kamminga (3rd win)	1:08:38
21st	2017	Bart Swings (5th win)	0:58:42	Maira Yaqueline Arias ( ARG )	1:06:35
22nd	2018	Bart Swings (6th win)	0:57:58	Katharina Rumpus ( GER )	1:09:15
23	2019	Felix Rijhnen ( GER )	1:10:30	Sandrine Tas (2nd win)	1:25:49
0-	2020	called off
24	2021

track record

Wheelchair marathon

• Track records wheelchair
  • Men: 1:21:39, Heinz Frei ( SUI ), 1997
  • Women: 1:39:29, Sandra Graf ( SUI ), 2009

Handbike marathon

• Handbike track records
  • Men: 1:03:37 h, Jetze Plat ( NED ), 2014
  • Women: 1:10:23 h, Christiane Reppe ( GER ), 2014

Event week

The Berlin Marathon is not just limited to runners and inline skaters. Rather, it has expanded by a few program items over time.

Literary marathon

The literary marathon has been held as a cultural program to accompany the running event since 1990. Authors appear here every year to present their work on the subject of running . Well-known guest authors included Volker Schlöndorff , Waldemar Cierpinski , Dieter Baumann and Günter Herburger .

Breakfast run

On Saturday morning, to get in the mood for the marathon weekend, a six-kilometer demonstration run from Charlottenburg Palace to the Olympic Stadium will take place.

Marathon Expo Berlin

With over 90,000 visitors, the Marathon Expo Berlin (formerly: Berlin Vital ) is one of the largest consumer fairs in Germany. It took place every year until 2015 on the site of the former Berlin-Tempelhof airport on the three days before the marathon on Sunday. It has been taking place on the exhibition grounds since 2016. At the fair you will find many exhibitors in the fields of sport and health as well as the handing out of the starting documents. The Bambini run and the painting competition for children have also established themselves there.

organization

The Berlin Marathon is organized by the sports club SC Charlottenburg and its subsidiary SCC Events GmbH . This employs around 60 people.

management

• President of SC Charlottenburg: Andreas Statzkowski
• Managing Director of SCC Events: Christian Jost, Jürgen Lock
• Race director of the Berlin Marathon: Mark Milde

Trivia

• In 1990 the route led for the first time through the Brandenburg Gate, which had been inaccessible for decades and which, after starting in the zoo, was already traversed after three kilometers to the east.
• In the film His last race from 2013, Dieter Hallervorden starts the Berlin Marathon as fictional Olympic marathon winner Paul Averhoff to escape the sadness of the old people's home. In the film, the route leads from Straße des 17. Juni to the Berlin Olympiastadion - in contrast to the 25 km from Berlin , the Berlin Marathon never ended in the Olympiastadion.

See also

• List of marathons
• Berlin half marathon
• German Road Races

literature

• Andreas Venzke : Berlin in a hurry . A literary description of the Berlin marathon as a run through the history of the city. In: Andreas Venzke: Berlin, Berlin - History of a Nation . Würzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-401-06143-6 , pp. 171-178.
• Detlef Kuhlmann: Lit. Berlin Marathon. Texts from the route . Arete Verlag, Hildesheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-942468-12-1 .
• Klaus Feierabend: About the course of life. 27 sermons on the Berlin Marathon from 1986 to 2013 . Arete Verlag, Hildesheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-942468-39-8 .

Web links

Commons : Berlin Marathon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Berlin Marathon: Haile Gebrselassie runs another world record  - news

• Official website
• Overview of registration, costs, route and other information
• Results, reports, photos and videos of the handbikers and racing wheelchairs
• Track overview (video)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World's Fastest Marathon Courses - Men. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 7, 2017 ; Retrieved July 18, 2017 (UK English). 
2. ↑ Jörg Wenig, Horst Milde: 35 Years of the Berlin Marathon - A Movement from the Grunewald ( Memento from April 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Episode I. Website of the German Road Races . September 17, 2008
3. ↑ Jörg Wenig, Horst Milde: 35 Years of the Berlin Marathon - A Movement from the Grunewald ( Memento from April 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Follow V. Website of the German Road Races . September 22, 2008
4. ↑ Jubilee Club . Website of the Berlin Marathon (all runners and wheelchair users who have completed the Berlin Marathon ten times or more)
5. ↑ Horst Milde: Marathon victory with a rarity value - The Bochröders' double strike at the 2nd Berlin Marathon in 1975 ( Memento from April 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). German Road Races website . March 25, 2003
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7. ↑ Jörg Wenig & Horst Milde: 35 Years of the Berlin Marathon - Berlin is establishing itself in the world of running ( Memento from April 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Episode II. Website of the German Road Races . September 18, 2008
8. ↑ Jörg Wenig, Horst Milde: 35 Years of the Berlin Marathon - The Run in New Dimensions ( Memento from April 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Episode III. German Road Races website . September 19, 2008
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