50th Berlin Marathon | |
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Location | Berlin, Germany |
Dates | 29 September 2024 |
Competitors | 54,280 |
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) |
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]
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]
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 for the top ten in the running races and top three in the wheelchair races are listed below.
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Milkesa Mengesha | Ethiopia | 2:03:17 | |
Cybrian Kotut | Kenya | 2:03:22 | |
Haymanot Alew | Ethiopia | 2:03:31 | |
4 | Stephen Kiprop | Kenya | 2:03:37 |
5 | Hailemariyam Kiros | Ethiopia | 2:04:35 |
6 | Yohei Ikeda | Japan | 2:05:12 |
7 | Tadese Takele | Ethiopia | 2:05:13 |
8 | Kibrom Oqbe Ruesom | Eritrea | 2:05:37 |
9 | Enock Onchari | Kenya | 2:05:53 |
10 | Kindie Derseh Kassie | Ethiopia | 2:05:54 |
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Tigist Ketema | Ethiopia | 2:16:42 | |
Mestawot Fikir | Ethiopia | 2:18:48 | |
Bosena Mulatie | Ethiopia | 2:19:00 | |
4 | Ayana Aberu Mulisa | Ethiopia | 2:20:20 |
5 | Ai Hosoda | Japan | 2:20:31 |
6 | Mizuki Matsuda | Japan | 2:20:42 |
7 | Calli Hauger-Thackery | United Kingdom | 2:21:24 |
8 | Yebregual Melese | Ethiopia | 2:21:39 |
9 | Fikrte Wereta | Ethiopia | 2:23:23 |
10 | Meseret Sisay Gola | Ethiopia | 2:23:36 |
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:27:18 | |
David Weir | United Kingdom | 1:29:05 | |
Geert Schipper | Netherlands | 1:30:33 |
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Catherine Debrunner | Switzerland | 1:35:23 | |
Susannah Scaroni | United States | 1:38:01 | |
Manuela Schar | Switzerland | 1:41:14 |
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