| 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 |
| 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) |
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]
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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]
