BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2023: The Finisher Magazine
What was that BMW BERLIN-MARATHON like? September 24th will go down in history as one of the greatest festive days in running: Even before the first starting shot was fired, a record number of 47,912 entries from 156 nations had been allocated. And that is just the marathon runners. Of these, 43,010 reached the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate. This is the second highest number of finishers in the history of the race. Tigst Assefa runs into completely new dimensions with a world record. Eliud Kipchoge wins for the fifth time. Amanal Petros pulverises the German record. And Domenika Mayer becomes the second-best German of all time. In this digital finisher magazine we have compiled all the stories and the best photos from the 49th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON for you. We hope you enjoy reading, looking at the photos and reminiscing!
What was that BMW BERLIN-MARATHON like? September 24th will go down in history as one of the greatest festive days in running: Even before the first starting shot was fired, a record number of 47,912 entries from 156 nations had been allocated. And that is just the marathon runners. Of these, 43,010 reached the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate. This is the second highest number of finishers in the history of the race. Tigst Assefa runs into completely new dimensions with a world record. Eliud Kipchoge wins for the fifth time. Amanal Petros pulverises the German record. And Domenika Mayer becomes the second-best German of all time. In this digital finisher magazine we have compiled all the stories and the best photos from the 49th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON for you. We hope you enjoy reading, looking at the photos and reminiscing!
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2:11:53, beating the mark of Brigid<br />
Kosgei of Kenya, who had<br />
run a time of 2:14:04 in Chicago<br />
in 2019, by 2:11 minutes. <strong>The</strong><br />
29-year-old Tigst Assefa ran<br />
a time of historic sporting significance<br />
in Berlin. Such times<br />
under 2:12 hours were previously<br />
unattainable for women.<br />
<strong>The</strong> last time there was an even<br />
greater improvement in the<br />
global women‘s best time for<br />
the 42.195 kilometres was in<br />
1983. 40 years ago, US American<br />
Joan Benoit improved the<br />
mark from 2:25:29 to 2:22:43.<br />
Tigst Assefa‘s world record was<br />
the 13th one set in the history of<br />
the <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>BERLIN</strong>-<strong>MARATHON</strong>.<br />
No other race over the 42.195<br />
kilometres has seen more world<br />
records broken than in Berlin.<br />
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge also<br />
became the record winner of<br />
the <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>BERLIN</strong>-<strong>MARATHON</strong>,<br />
triumphing for the fifth time in<br />
Berlin with a world-class time<br />
of 2:02:42 hours. Although the<br />
38-year-old clearly missed his<br />
own world record of 2:01:09, he<br />
still achieved the eighth-best<br />
time ever run. Measured according<br />
to the two winning times, it<br />
was the fastest race ever over<br />
the classic distance. Added together,<br />
the time was 4:14:35.<br />
For the second time after 1999,<br />
the race in Berlin now is home<br />
to the women‘s and men‘s marathon<br />
world records.<br />
Amanal Petros (Marathon Team<br />
Almost a classic: <strong>The</strong> start under the<br />
rainbow-coloured archway, which sets<br />
a sign for tolerance and diversity.
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