2024 Berlin Marathon

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50th Berlin Marathon
Location Berlin, Germany
Dates29 September 2024(2 months ago) (2024-09-29)
Competitors54,280
Website https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com
Champions
Men Milkesa Mengesha (2:03:17)
Women Tigist Ketema (2:16:42)
Wheelchair men Marcel Hug (1:27:18)
Wheelchair women Catherine Debrunner (1:35:23)
  2023
2025  

The 2024 Berlin Marathon was the 50th edition of the annual marathon race in Berlin, held on Sunday, September 29, 2024. A Platinum Label marathon, it was the fourth of six World Marathon Majors events scheduled for 2024. A total of 54,280 runners completed the marathon making it the largest marathon in the world at that time. [1] This record was later surpassed at the 2024 New York City Marathon which had 55,646 finishers. [2]

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Ethiopian runner Tigst Ketema won the women's race with a time of 2:16:42. [3] Fellow Ethiopian runner Milkesa Mengesha won the men's race with a time of 2:03:17. [4] Swiss wheelchair athletes Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner won their races with finish times of 1:27:18 and 1:35:23, respectively. [5] This was Hug's ninth and Debrunner's third win. [6]

Competitors

Eliud Kipchoge set the world record at the time of 2:01:09 in winning the 2022 Berlin Marathon. [7] Then, he won the following year at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, winning the event for the fifth time in a finishing time of 2:02:42. [8] However, in 2024, for the first time in about a decade, neither Kipchoge nor his long-time Ethiopian competitor Kenenisa Bekele would be a part of the Berlin Marathon. Instead, top competitors going into the race included Tadese Takele of Ethiopia and Cybrian Kotut of Kenya. [9] Near the end of the race, Milkesa Mengesha pulled away from Cybrian Kotut with the finish line in sight to win by 5 seconds. [10]

Tigst Assefa won the 2023 Berlin Marathon setting the world record at the time of 2:11:53. [11] Another top Ethopian runner Tigist Ketema was the favorite going into the race with the fastest marathon time among race entrants. [9] Ketema ran most of the race alone and finished the race near her personal best time in 2:16:42. [4]

Results

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

Men's race result
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Milkesa Mengesha Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:03:17
Silver medal icon.svg Cybrian Kotut Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:03:22
Bronze medal icon.svg Haymanot Alew Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:03:31
4 Stephen Kiprop Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:03:37
5 Hailemariyam Kiros Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:04:35
6 Yohei Ikeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:05:12
7 Tadese Takele Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:05:13
8 Kibrom Oqbe Ruesom Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:05:37
9 Enock Onchari Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:05:53
10 Kindie Derseh Kassie Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:05:54
Women's race result
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Tigist Ketema Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:16:42
Silver medal icon.svg Mestawot Fikir Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:18:48
Bronze medal icon.svg Bosena Mulatie Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:19:00
4 Ayana Aberu Mulisa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:20:20
5 Ai Hosoda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:20:31
6 Mizuki Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:20:42
7 Calli Hauger-Thackery Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:21:24
8 Yebregual Melese Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:21:39
9 Fikrte Wereta Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:23:23
10 Meseret Sisay Gola Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:23:36
Wheelchair men's race result
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Marcel Hug Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:27:18
Silver medal icon.svg David Weir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:29:05
Bronze medal icon.svg Geert Schipper Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:30:33
Wheelchair women's race result
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Catherine Debrunner Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:35:23
Silver medal icon.svg Susannah Scaroni Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:38:01
Bronze medal icon.svg Manuela Schar Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:41:14

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