2023 Berlin Marathon
The 2023 Berlin Marathon was the 49th edition of the annual marathon race in Berlin, held on Sunday, 24 September 2023. A Platinum Label marathon, it was the fourth of six World Marathon Majors events scheduled for 2023. Almost 48,000 runners from 156 countries took part in the event.
| 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 |
| 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) |
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. Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge achieved a record fifth Berlin Marathon victory, winning the men's race with a time of 2:02:42.
Swiss wheelchair athletes Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner won their races with finish times of 1:23:07 and 1:34:16, respectively. 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. The race site for 2023 mentions having separate ratings for both men and women. The 2023 event featured, for the first time in Berlin Marathon's history, a woman on the finisher medal.