Berlin Marathon

Berlin Marathon is an annual city maraton which held in every year late September as part of World Marathon Majors. The race is best known for fast course which staged 12 world records through the history. Paul Tergat broke 2:05 mark in Berlin first-time in 2003, since then world record mark lowered as 2:01:09 by Eliud Kipchoge. The race completed by roughly 40,000 people every year.

COURSE RECORDS

Men - 2:01:09 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) in 2022 edition

(Splits: 14:14 - 28:23 - 42:33 - 56:45 - 59:51 HM - 1:11:18 - 1:25:40 - 1:40:10 - 1:54:53 - 2:01:09 / 59:51 - 1:01:18)

Women - 2:11:53 Tigist Assefa (ETH) in 2023 edition / then WORLD RECORD

(Splits: 15:59 - 31:45 - 47:26 - 1:02:52 - 1:06:20 HM - 1:18:40 - 1:34:12 - 1:49:41 - 2:05:13 - 2:11:53 / 66:20 - 65:33)

MOST PODIUMS

6 - Eliud Kipchoge (5-1-0)

4 - Haile Gebrselassie (4-0-0)

COUNTRY WINNING DOUBLE

7 - ETHIOPIA (2006, 2007, 2009, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024)

7 - KENYA (1999, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2025)

6 - GERMANY (1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980)

ALL PODIUM SWEEP

GERMANY (All before 1979)

MARGINAL WINS

Men's narrowest:

0:01 Mutai-Kimetto (2012)

0:01 Tergat-Korir (2003)

Men's biggest:

+4:49 Kipchoge-Korir (2022)

Women's narrowest:

0:03 Wanjiru-Dida (2025)

0:09 Bekere-M.Dibaba (2019)

Women's biggest: *

+8:22 Noguchi-Zaituc (2005) - * Except of weak races before 1980.

RACE DETAILS & MILESTONES (Official finishing numbers)

2025 (54.168) All-time finishers record extended. Kenyan winning double.

2024 (54,062) All-time finishers record. Double Ethiopian win for seventh time. All-Ethiopian women podium.

2023 (43,050) Tigist Assefa crashes women's WR by 2 mins 11 seconds! Kipchoge takes fifth victory in Berlin.

2022 (34,788) 38-year-old Eliud Kipchoge breaks WR. Quickest women's race ever run in Europe as well.

2021 (23,097) Ethiopians took five out of six places in main podiums.

2020 NOT HELD DUE TO COVID-19.

2019 (44,064) Highest finishing number. Kenenisa Bekele missed WR by 0.02

2018 (40,775) Eliud Kipchoge breaks WR. 40,000 finishers mark broken.

2017 (39,101) Kipchoge and Cherono both secured their second title in Branderburger Tor.

2016 (36,054) Kenenisa Bekele wins his first Berlin Marathon title.

2015 (36,767) Eliud Kipchoge's first win.

2014 (28,946) Dennis Kimetto breaks WR as first mark under 2:03

2013 (36,527) Wilson Kipsang breaks WR

2012 (34,377) Closest men's finish by only one second.

2011 (32,977) Patrick Makau breaks WR. Title sponsor: BMW.

2010 (34,070)

2009 (35,016) Haile Gebrselassie's fourth conseutive victory.

2008 (35,653) Haile Gebrselassie breaks 2:04 barrier. Irina Mikitenko breaks German NR.

2007 (32,497) Ethiopia's Gete Wami became only second woman to retain title here.

2006 (30,190)

2005 (30,382) Sixth consecutive Japanese title in women's race by Olympic champion Noguchi.

2004 (28,023)

2003 (30,709) Paul Tergat established first sub 2:05 marathon run in history. Overall 30K finishers first time.

2002 (25,286)

2001 (25,792) Naoko Takahashi breaks women's WR

2000 (22,879) Title sponsor: real,- until 2010.

1999 (19,129) Tegla Loroupe breaks women's WR as Kenya became first nation to have double victory.

1998 (21,004) Ronaldo da Costa breaks men's WR.

1997 (14,982) Inline skating race added the programme.

1996 (16,529) Colleen de Reuck became first American woman to win Berlin title.

1995 (13,088) Uta Pippig swept her third Berlin crown in six years. Still only German women to do so.

1994 (12,263)

1993 (14,107)

1992 (13,225) Title sponsor: Canon

1991 (14,849) Women's course record broken seventh consecutive year.

1990 (22,806) Overall finishers hits 20K. - First-time runners past through Brandenburg Gate to the East.

1989 (13,433)

1988 (13,177) Tanzania's Nyambui clinched back-to-back win.

1987 (12,674) Women finishers past 1,000 mark first time (1,023) - Tanzan

1986 (11,450) First African podium finisher Gabriel Kamau (KEN) became third.

1985 (9,810)

1984 (7,297)

1983 (5,121) Two-time Olympic medallist Lismont of Belgium sealed the victory.

1982 (3,448) Pan-American champion Tibaduiza of Colombia lowered course record under 2:15.

1981 (2,567) Wheelchair race added the programme.

1980 (294) Ingo Sensburg retain his win.

1979 (222) 39-year-old Jutta Haase took second win in Berlin after five years.

1978 (197) Lowest finishing number: 187 male and 10 female runner.

1977 (230) Christa Vahlensieck's unnofficial women's WR. First non-German podium finishers from GBR.

1976 (311) Former European Indoor medallist Ingo Sensburg cuts off course record more than 21 minutes.

1975 (236) Eleven athletes had sub 3 hours mark in men's race, one of the from US.

1974 (244) All-German race. Only 10 women arrived to finish line.