2023 Berlin Marathon

49th Berlin Marathon
Berlin-Marathon 2023 Tigist Assefa und Gebru Redahgn bei Kilometer 25 A.jpg
Winner Tigst Assefa (left) about 25 km (16 mi) into the race, alongside pacemaker Girmay Birhanu Gebru
LocationBerlin, Germany
Dates24 September 2023 (14 months ago) (2023-09-24)
Websitehttps://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com
Champions
MenEliud Kipchoge (2:02:42)
WomenTigst Assefa (2:11:53 WR)
Wheelchair menMarcel Hug (1:23:07)
Wheelchair womenCatherine Debrunner (1:34:16 WR)
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External media
Images
image icon Tigst Assefa crossing the finish line[1]
image icon Tigst Assefa kneeling at the finish[3]
image icon Tigst Assefa raising a shoe into the air[4]
image icon Tigst Assefa with a lead car's clock[5]
Video
video icon Tigst Assefa crossing the finish line[2]
video icon Eliud Kipchoge crossing the finish line[2]
Winner Eliud Kipchoge (left) about 25 km (16 mi) into the race, behind pacemakers (in striped gear) and alongside Derseh Kindie (center midground), who did not finish the race
Second-place finisher Vincent Kipkemoi (center midground, in red) and third-place finisher Tadese Takele (right foreground), both about 25 km (16 mi) into their debut marathon, alongside eighth-place finisher Philemon Kiplimo (right midground, in black) and in front of fourteenth-place finisher Tadu Abate (left)

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]

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