49th Berlin Marathon
Winner Tigst Assefa (left) about 25 km (16 mi) into the race, alongside pacemaker Girmay Birhanu Gebru
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)
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External media
Images
Tigst Assefa crossing the finish line [1]
Tigst Assefa kneeling at the finish [3]
Tigst Assefa raising a shoe into the air [4]
Tigst Assefa with a lead car's clock [5]
Video
Tigst Assefa crossing the finish line [2]
Eliud Kipchoge crossing the finish line [2]

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]

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]

Competitors

Kipchoge was the holder of the marathon world record, which he had set with a finish time of 2:01:09 at this race the previous year. ^{[21] [22]} He is the first runner to have won the Berlin Marathon five times. ^[23] Kipchoge stated that his main goal is to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals, and that he believed running in Berlin was the best way to prepare for this. ^[24]

Assefa won the race last year with a time of 2:15:37, breaking the previous course record by more than two minutes in what was only her second marathon ever. ^[25]

This record fast race scored record times for other runners: a record eight women achieved times below 2:20, and a record nine men below 2:05 and 15 finished inside 2:06. ^[26] Additionally there were national records for Amanal Petros ( Germany, 2:04:58) and Tadesse Abraham ( Switzerland, 2:05:10).

In the wheelchair race, Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland) broke the world record in 1:34:16 hours. ^[27]

Results

Results for the top ten in the running races and top three in the wheelchair races are listed below.

Men's race result

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:02:42
	Vincent Kipkemoi	Kenya	2:03:13
	Tadese Takele	Ethiopia	2:03:24
4	Ronald Korir	Kenya	2:04:22
5	Haftu Teklu	Ethiopia	2:04:42
6	Andualem Belay Shiferaw	Ethiopia	2:04:44
7	Amos Kipruto	Kenya	2:04:49
8	Philemon Kiplimo	Kenya	2:04:56
9	Amanal Petros	Germany	2:04:58
10	Bonface Kimutai Kiplimo	Kenya	2:05:05

Women's race result

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Tigst Assefa	Ethiopia	2:11:53 WR
	Sheila Chepkirui	Kenya	2:17:49
	Magdalena Shauri	Tanzania	2:18:41
4	Zeineba Yimer	Ethiopia	2:19:07
5	Senbere Teferi	Ethiopia	2:19:21
6	Dera Dida	Ethiopia	2:19:24
7	Workenesh Edesa	Ethiopia	2:19:40
8	Helen Bekele	Ethiopia	2:19:44
9	Charlotte Purdue	United Kingdom	2:22:17
10	Fikrte Wereta	Ethiopia	2:23:01

Wheelchair men's race result ^[17]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:23:07
	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	1:30:16
	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:30:17

Wheelchair women's race result

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Catherine Debrunner	Switzerland	1:34:16 WR
	Eden Rainbow-Cooper	United Kingdom	1:34:17
	Manuela Schär	Switzerland	1:34:17

References

External links

• Official site (in German and English)