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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Sven Wagner not only took the day’s<br />
victory at the final in Berlin, but also<br />
won the overall men’s classification<br />
in the U23 class.<br />
the best German junior runners<br />
met for the finale of the<br />
R5K Tour as part of the 49th<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>BERLIN</strong>-<strong>MARATHON</strong>.<br />
Thousands of spectators lined<br />
the course and cheered on the<br />
young runners. To finish at the<br />
top of the R5K overall standings,<br />
they had to compete in<br />
Berlin. In the end, the winner<br />
was whoever was ahead in the<br />
addition of the result of Berlin<br />
with the two fastest times<br />
in the previous R5K runs (2+1<br />
rule). <strong>The</strong> reward for the overall<br />
victory: In the U23 category<br />
there was prize money of 1000<br />
Euros and a training camp grant<br />
in the same amount. In the U20<br />
category the prize money was<br />
500 Euros plus 1000 Euros for<br />
training camps.<br />
Sven Wagner wins the<br />
day and overall victory<br />
<strong>The</strong> fastest runner in Berlin<br />
was U23 overall winner Sven<br />
Wagner (Königsteiner LV), who<br />
won the race in 14:37 minutes,<br />
five seconds ahead of U20 runner<br />
Jakob Dieterich (Laufteam<br />
Kassel/14:42 min). “It was cool<br />
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