2023 Berlin Marathon

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]

49th Berlin Marathon
Winner Tigst Assefa (left) about 25 km (16 mi) into the race, alongside pacemaker Girmay Birhanu Gebru
Location	Berlin, Germany
Dates	24 September 2023 (2023-09-24)
Website	https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com
Champions
Men	Eliud Kipchoge (2:02:42)
Women	Tigst Assefa (2:11:53 WR)
Wheelchair men	Marcel Hug (1:23:07)
Wheelchair women	Catherine Debrunner (1:34:16 WR)

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Images
Tigst Assefa crossing the finish line[1]
Tigst Assefa kneeling at the finish[2]
Tigst Assefa raising a shoe into the air[3]
Tigst Assefa with a lead car's clock[4]
Video
Tigst Assefa crossing the finish line[5]
Eliud Kipchoge crossing the finish line[5]

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)

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]