. The official marathon distance of 42.195 kilometers (26 miles 385
where professional athletes and amateur runners jointly participate. First initiated in 1974, the event traditionally takes place on the last weekend in September.
With 40,827 enrolled starters from 107 countries, 35,913 official finishers and more than one million spectators for example in 2008 the Berlin marathon is one of the largest and most popular road races in the world.
, a series offering a $1 million prize purse to be split equally between the top male and female marathoners.
for men and women have been set at the Berlin course, which is known for its flat profile, even surface, cheering spectators, and its frequently mild autumn temperatures. The event is split over 2 days. About 8,000 additional
compete at the marathon course the Saturday before the running event. Power walkers, handbikers, wheelchair riders, and a children's marathon (4.2195 km) are also part of the marathon weekend, which is organised by SCC Running and currently sponsored by
. Because of the division of city, the marathon events before 1990 were limited to the area of
. Only on 30th September 1990, were athletes able to run through the Brandenburg Gate and the unified city saw its first race running through both halves. It was reported that a great many of the runners had tears in their eyes as they ran through the gate.
. After that, it winds west between
and Zehlendorf, before turning north back toward the city's center. Looping above
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| 38th The 2011 Berlin Marathon was the 38th edition of the annual marathon event and was held on Sunday 25 September on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The men's race was won by Patrick Makau of Kenya in a world record time of 2:03:38 hours. The women's winner was Florence Kiplagat, also from Kenya, won...
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Patrick Makau Musyoki Patrick Makau Musyoki is a runner from Kenya. He holds the world record in the marathon with a time of 2:03:38, set at the 2011 Berlin Marathon. He is also notable for his half marathon performances, having won a number of prominent competitions in Europe...
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Florence Kiplagat Florence Jebet Kiplagat is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She is a two-time world champion having won at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships....
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| 37th The 37th Berlin Marathon took place on Sunday 26 September 2010 on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The competition was sponsored by German retailer real,- and it was the third World Marathon Major of the year, as well as being an IAAF Gold Label Road Race...
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Patrick Makau Musyoki Patrick Makau Musyoki is a runner from Kenya. He holds the world record in the marathon with a time of 2:03:38, set at the 2011 Berlin Marathon. He is also notable for his half marathon performances, having won a number of prominent competitions in Europe...
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Aberu Kebede Aberu Kebede Shewaye is an Ethiopian long distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. Her half marathon best of 1:07:39 is one of the fastest ever by an Ethiopian woman...
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20 September 2009 |
Haile GebrselassieHaile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...
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Atsede Habtamu Besuye |
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28 September 2008 |
Haile GebrselassieHaile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...
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Irina Mikitenko |
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30 September 2007 |
Haile GebrselassieHaile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...
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Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner....
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24 September 2006 |
Haile GebrselassieHaile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...
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Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner....
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25 September 2005 |
Philip Manyim |
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Mizuki Noguchi is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon event. She is an Olympic champion over the distance and set two world records in 2005....
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26 September 2004 |
Felix LimoFelix Limo is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon.Limo held the 15 Kilometres road running world record from November 2001 to November 2010, where he lost the record to Leonard Komon. Limo set his record of 41:29 minutes in Nijmegen, the Netherlands when winning the...
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Yoko Shibui is a long-distance runner from Japan, who is competing in the 5000 and 10,000 metres as well as the marathon race. She holds the Japanese record over 10,000 m with her best time of 30:48.89 minutes...
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28 September 2003 |
Paul TergatPaul Kibii Tergat is a Kenyan professional long distance runner. He held the world record in the marathon from 2003 to 2007, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time.Now concentrating exclusively on the marathon, Tergat won many...
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Yasuko Hashimoto Yasuko Hashimoto is a Japanese long-distance runner, whose main event is the marathon. She won the 2007 edition of the Nagoya Marathon, clocking 2:28:49. Her personal best was set in 2005...
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29 September 2002 |
Raymond Kipkoech |
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Naoko Takahashi is a Japanese long-distance runner competing mainly in the marathon. She is widely known for her victory in the women's marathon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, a performance that stands as the current Olympic record. At the 2001 Berlin Marathon, Takahashi became the first woman to break the 2...
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30 September 2001 |
Joseph Ngolepus |
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Naoko Takahashi is a Japanese long-distance runner competing mainly in the marathon. She is widely known for her victory in the women's marathon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, a performance that stands as the current Olympic record. At the 2001 Berlin Marathon, Takahashi became the first woman to break the 2...
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10 September 2000 |
Simon Biwott Simon Biwott is a former long-distance runner from Kenya, who won the silver medal in the men's marathon at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. The race in Edmonton, Canada was won by Ethiopia's reigning Olympic champion Gezahegne Abera. A year later Biwott won the Rotterdam Marathon...
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Kazumi Matsuo Kazumi Matsuo is a female marathon runner from Japan, who won the Nagoya Marathon on March 11, 2001 in a personal best time of 2:26:01 hours after having triumped in the Berlin Marathon seven months earlier. She finished ninth at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.-Achievements:-External...
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26 September 1999 |
Josephat Kiprono Josephat Kiprono is a Kenyan distance and marathon runner. He participated at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1996 and won a silver medal finishing behind Italian Stefano Baldini. Kiprono won three marathons in his career: Berlin , Rome , and Rotterdam...
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Tegla Loroupe Tegla Chepkite Loroupe is a long-distance track and road runner, and a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights, and education....
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20 September 1998 |
Ronaldo da Costa Ronaldo da Costa broke the ten-year-old marathon world record in 1998 in Berlin. The record was previously held by Belayneh Densamo from Ethiopia at the Rotterdam Marathon in April, 1988...
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Marleen Renders Marleen Renders is a retired female long-distance runner from Belgium, who represented her native country thrice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988, 1996 and 2000...
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28 September 1997 |
Elijah Lagat Elijah Kiptarbei Lagat was born and raised in Saniak Village in Nandi District. He was the winner of the 104th running of the Boston Marathon held in 2000. He won in the closest finish in the race's history when he edged out Gezahgne Abera of Ethiopia and fellow Kenyan and previous year's...
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Catherina McKiernan Catherina McKiernan is a former long-distance runner from Ireland, who competed in the marathon, 10,000 metres and cross country....
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29 September 1996 |
Abel Anton Abel Antón Rodrigo is a Spanish long-distance runner. He won gold medals in the marathon at the 1997 and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. In 1998 Antón became the first Spanish runner to win the London Marathon...
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Colleen De Reuck Colleen S. De Reuck is a long-distance runner from South Africa, who became an American citizen on December 11, 2000...
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24 September 1995 |
Sammy Lelei Sammy Lelei is a former long-distance runner from Kenya, who won the Berlin Marathon on September 24, 1995, with a total time of 2:07:02. It was the fastest marathon time in 2005.He also won the Lisbon Half Marathon 2007.-Achievements:...
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Uta Pippig Uta Pippig is a female long-distance runner, and the first woman to win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times . She also won the Berlin Marathon three times , the New York City Marathon once , and she represented Germany in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics...
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25 September 1994 |
António Pinto António Coelho Pinto is a Portuguese long-distance runner.Pinto won the London Marathon in 1992, 1997 and 2000, as well as the 10,000 metres final at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary. Pinto's best time in the marathon is 2:06:36...
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Katrin Dörre-Heinig |
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26 September 1993 |
Xolile Yawa Xolile Yawa is a retired athlete from South Africa. He specialised in long-distance running, including marathons....
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Renata Kokowska Renata Kokowska is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who is a triple winner of the Berlin Marathon: 1988, 1991 and 1993. In 1990 she triumphed in the Amsterdam Marathon. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5.000 metres.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless...
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27 September 1992 |
David Tsebe Kagiso Tsebe is a retired marathon runner from South Africa. He won the 1992 edition of the Berlin Marathon on September 27, 1992, clocking 2:08:07. With that time Tsebe ended up in first place in the year rankings.-Achievements:...
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Uta Pippig Uta Pippig is a female long-distance runner, and the first woman to win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times . She also won the Berlin Marathon three times , the New York City Marathon once , and she represented Germany in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics...
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29 September 1991 |
Steve Brace Steve Brace is a former long-distance runner from Wales, who represented the United Kingdom in the men's marathon at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He finished in 27th and in 60th place respectively. Brace triumphed at the Paris Marathon in 1989 and 1990 and at the Berlin Marathon in 1991...
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Renata Kokowska Renata Kokowska is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who is a triple winner of the Berlin Marathon: 1988, 1991 and 1993. In 1990 she triumphed in the Amsterdam Marathon. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5.000 metres.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless...
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30 September 1990 |
Steve Moneghetti Stephen James "Steve" Moneghetti is an Australian long-distance runner. Moneghetti has a degree in civil engineering, a graduate diploma in education and an honorary doctorate from the University of Ballarat...
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Uta Pippig Uta Pippig is a female long-distance runner, and the first woman to win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times . She also won the Berlin Marathon three times , the New York City Marathon once , and she represented Germany in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics...
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1 October 1989 |
Alfredo Shahanga Alfredo Shahanga is a retired long-distance runner from Tanzania, who won the 1989 edition of the Vienna Marathon. In the same year he triumped at the 16th Berlin Marathon on October 1 in a time of 2:10:11...
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Päivi Tikkanen Päivi Marja Sinikka Tikkanen is a retired female long-distance runner from Finland, who won the 1989 edition of the Berlin Marathon. A two-time Olympian she ended up in fourth place in the women's 3,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships. Tikkanen was Finnish champion in the same event for...
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9 October 1988 |
Suleiman Nyambui Suleiman Nyambui is a former athlete from Tanzania who won the silver medal in 5000 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Nyambui had dropped out of school after primary education. He became a fisherman in Ukerewe District Mwanza Region where his potential as a good athlete was spotted by the...
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Renata Kokowska Renata Kokowska is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who is a triple winner of the Berlin Marathon: 1988, 1991 and 1993. In 1990 she triumphed in the Amsterdam Marathon. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5.000 metres.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless...
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4 October 1987 |
Suleiman Nyambui Suleiman Nyambui is a former athlete from Tanzania who won the silver medal in 5000 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Nyambui had dropped out of school after primary education. He became a fisherman in Ukerewe District Mwanza Region where his potential as a good athlete was spotted by the...
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Kerstin Pressler |
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28 September 1986 |
Bogusław Psujek |
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Charlotte Teske Charlotte Teske is a former female long-distance runner from Germany, who represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She won the 1982 edition of the Boston Marathon, and the 1986 edition of the Berlin Marathon.-Achievements:-References:*...
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29 September 1985 |
Jimmy Ashworth James Joseph "Jimmy" Ashworth was an Irish footballer. His only known club was Blackpool, for whom he made four Football League appearances in 1938.-References:...
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Magda Ilands Magda Ilands is a former female long-distance runner from Belgium, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She won the 1985 edition of the Berlin Marathon.-Achievements:-References:*...
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30 September 1984 |
John Skovbjerg |
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Ágnes Sipka Ágnes Sipka is a retired long-distance runner from Hungary, who won the 1984 edition of the Berlin Marathon on September 30, 1984, clocking 2:39:32.-Achievements:-References:*...
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25 September 1983 |
Karel Lismont Karel Lismont is a former Belgian athlete, who competed mostly in the marathon. He won two Olympic medals: a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and a bronze at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the same event. At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1971, he won a gold...
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Karen Holdsworth |
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26 September 1982 |
Domingo Tibaduiza Domingo Tibaduiza Reyes is a former long-distance runner from Gameza, Colombia, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics: in the 10,000 metres , the 5,000 metres and in the men's marathon...
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Jean Lochhead |
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27 September 1981 |
Ian Ray |
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2:15:42 |
Angelika Stephan |
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28 September 1980 |
Ingo Sensburg |
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2:16:48 |
Gerlinde Püttmann |
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30 September 1979 |
Ingo Sensburg |
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Jutta von Haase |
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3 September 1978 |
Michael Spöttel |
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Ursula Blaschke |
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10 September 1977 |
Günter Mielke Günter Mielke was a West German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and marathon.He was born in Berlin. He won the West German championships in marathon in 1975 and 1977 and won silver medals in 10,000 metres in 1971, 1972 and 1974...
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Christa Vahlensieck Christa Vahlensieck is a former German long distance runner and pionier in the marathon for women....
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26 September 1976 |
Ingo Sensburg |
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Jutta von Haase |
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28 September 1975 |
Ralf Bochröder |
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Christin Bochröder |
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13 October 1974 |
Günter Hallas |
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Jutta von Haase |
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In terms of finishing athletes the 2008 Berlin marathon was the 5th largest marathon run of all times. 35,913 athletes including 130 power walkers (not including handbiker or wheelchair competitors) reached the finish in under 6 hours.
The 2008 skater marathon had numbered 7,685 participants and counted around 200,000
spectators along the course. It is considered the largest inline skater marathon in the world and is the final venue of the
In 2008, 166 handbiker and 34 wheelchair athletes participated at the Berlin marathon.
The athletes start at the same day, usually at Sunday, like the runners and power walkers.