2019 Berlin Marathon


The 2019 Berlin Marathon was the 46th edition of the marathon race held in Berlin, Germany. The event featured elite marathon races for men and women, a mass marathon event, as well as categories for handbikes, wheelchair racing and inline skating. The competition was supported by BMW as title sponsor.
The elite races were the final leg of the World Marathon Majors for the 2018–19 season and were also Gold Label races for the 2019 IAAF Road Race Label Events series. In the men's race, Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele won in a time of 2:01:41 hours, which fell short of the world record time set by Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin the previous year by just two seconds. His second placed countryman Birhanu Legese moved up to third place in the all-time lists with 2:02:48 hours and a third Ethiopian, Sisay Lemma, made it a sweep of the podium with 2:03:36 hours for third. The Austrian Peter Herzog was twelfth with a time of 2:10:57 hours – the best among Europeans. The women's elite race also featured an Ethiopian duel, which saw Ashete Bekere win in 2:20:14 over Mare Dibaba. The Kenyan Selly Chepyego Kaptich was third in 2:21:06, preventing four-placer Helen Tola from sweeping the top three for Ethiopia. German Melat Yisak Kejeta placed sixth in 2:23:57 hours, which was the best European performance and moved her to third on the all-time German lists.

Results

Men

Women