2023 Berlin Marathon
42.195 km (26.2 mi) race in Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2023 Berlin Marathon was the 49th edition of the annual marathon race in Berlin, held on Sunday, 24 September 2023.[6][7][8][9] A Platinum Label marathon, it was the fourth of six World Marathon Majors events scheduled for 2023.[10][11] Almost 48,000 runners from 156 countries took part in the event.[7]
49th Berlin Marathon | |
---|---|
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Dates | 24 September 2023 (7 months ago) (2023-09-24) |
Website | https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com |
Champions | |
Men | Eliud Kipchoge (2:02:42) |
Women | Tigst Assefa (2:11:53 WR) |
Wheelchair men | Marcel Hug (1:23:07) |
Wheelchair women | Catherine Debrunner (1:34:16 WR) |
2024 ā |
Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa set a new marathon world record for women, winning the race with a time of 2:11:53, beating the previous world record of 2:14:04, set by Kenyan runner Brigid Kosgei at the 2019 Chicago Marathon by over two minutes.[12][13][14][15] Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge achieved a record fifth Berlin Marathon victory, winning the men's race with a time of 2:02:42.[12][16][15]
Swiss wheelchair athletes Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner won their races with finish times of 1:23:07 and 1:34:16, respectively.[17] This was Hug's eighth and Debrunner's second win.
Runner's World reported at the start of the year that race organizers planned to include a non-binary division for this year's race.[18] The race site for 2023 mentions having separate ratings for both men and women.[19] The 2023 event featured, for the first time in Berlin Marathon's history, a woman on the finisher medal.[20]