Berlin Marathon 2018
45th Berlin Marathon | |
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Chasing group around Zersenay Tadese and Daisuke Uekado |
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city | Berlin , Germany |
Participating athletes | 40,650 finishers (28,377 ♂ and 12,273 ♀) |
opening | 15th September 2018 |
Final day | 16th September 2018 |
timeline | |
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The Berlin Marathon 2018 (officially: BMW Berlin Marathon 2018 ) was the 45th edition of the annual running event in Berlin , Germany . The marathon took place on September 16, 2018. It was the first run of the World Marathon Majors 2018/19 and had the gold label of the IAAF Road Race Label Events 2018 .
In the men's race, defending champion Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya set a new world record with his winning time of 2:01:39 hours and undercut the old record set by his compatriot Dennis Kipruto Kimetto at the 2014 Berlin Marathon by 1:18 minutes. It was the biggest improvement in a marathon world record since 1967, when Australian Derek Clayton broke the world record by 2:23 minutes.
Last year's winner, Gladys Cherono from Kenya , prevailed in the women's race in a track record time of 2:18:11 hours. The Ethiopians Ruti Aga and Tirunesh Dibaba in second and third also stayed below the old course record set by the Japanese Mizuki Noguchi with 2:19:12 hours in 2005. For the first time in history, three women undercut the 2:19 hour mark in one and the same race.
According to the organizers, the 2018 Berlin Marathon recorded 40,650 participants (28,377 men and 12,273 women) at the finish.
Results
Men
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | 2:01:39 |
2 | Amos Kipruto | Kenya | 2:06:23 |
3 | Wilson Kipsang | Kenya | 2:06:48 |
4th | Shogo Nakamura | Japan | 2:08:16 |
5 | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea | 2:08:46 |
6th | Yūki Satō | Japan | 2:09:18 |
7th | Okubay Tsegay Gebretnsae | Eritrea | 2:09:56 |
8th | Daisuke Uekado | Japan | 2:11:07 |
9 | Willy Canchanya | Peru | 2:12:57 |
10 | Bart van Nunen | Netherlands | 2:13:09 |
Women
space | Athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | Gladys Cherono | Kenya | 2:18:11 |
2 | Ruti Aga | Ethiopia | 2:18:34 |
3 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 2:18:55 |
4th | Edna Kiplagat | Kenya | 2:21:18 |
5 | Mizuki Matsuda | Japan | 2:22:23 |
6th | Helen Tola | Ethiopia | 2:22:48 |
7th | Honami Maeda | Japan | 2:25:23 |
8th | Carla Salomé Rocha | Portugal | 2:25:27 |
9 | Miyuki Uehara | Japan | 2:25:46 |
10 | Rei Ohara | Japan | 2:27:29 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kipchoge breaks marathon world record in Berlin with stunning 2:01:39. In: iaaf.org. September 16, 2018, accessed February 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Numbers and Records. In: BMW Berlin Marathon. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .