Running race in 2019
The
2019 Berlin Marathon
was a
marathon
race held on 29 September 2019 in
Berlin
, Germany. It was the 46th edition of the annual
Berlin Marathon
. The marathon distance is just over 26 miles (42 km) in length and the course is run around the city and starts and finishes in the
Tiergarten
. The elite men's race was won by
Kenenisa Bekele
in 2:01:41, two seconds slower than the world record set by
Eliud Kipchoge
in
2018
. The elite women's race was won by
Ashete Bekere
following a sprint finish in 2:20:14. The wheelchair men's and women's races were won by
Marcel Hug
and
Manuela Schar
in 1:28:09 and 1:38:07, respectively.
Course
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The marathon distance is officially 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) long as sanctioned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) now known as
World Athletics
.
[1]
The course starts at the
Großer Stern
in the
Tiergarten
and runs west on the
Straße des 17. Juni
before turning right at the
Ernst-Reuter-Platz
onto the Franklinstraße. The course turns east and passes the
Justizvollzugsanstalt Moabit
[
de
]
before crossing the
Spree
via the
Moltke Bridge
, running along the southern side of the
Spreebogenpark
and crossing the river again via the
Crown Prince Bridge
. The runners continue east through
Mitte
until 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) before turning south to cross the
de:Michaelbrucke
into
Neukolln
. At just before 17 kilometres (11 mi), the course turn east onto the Gneisenaustraße where the course passes the halfway mark. The runners leave
Schoneberg
in a south-westerly direction, passing the
Rathaus Schoneberg
to enter
Steglitz
. The course runs west until just after 29 kilometres (18 mi), where it turns north-east onto Hohernzollerndamm. The runners head in the direction of the finish, passing the
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
in the 35th kilometre before heading east along the
Leipziger Straße
to the
Konzerthaus Berlin
. The course turns back west and passes through the
Brandenburg Gate
in the 42nd kilometre before re-entering the Tiergarten to finish.
[2]
The course is very flat, starting at 38 metres (125 ft) above
sea level
, reaching a maximum elevation of 53 metres (174 ft) and minimum of 37 metres (121 ft). The course also has few corners and is run on asphalt instead of concrete which is easier for the runners' legs.
[3]
The Berlin Marathon has been host to eight men's and three women's world records since the first race in 1974.
[4]
The 2019 edition took place on the 29 September.
[5]
The title sponsor for the race was German automotive corporation
BMW
, with the main sponsors being
sportswear
company
Adidas
, healthcare and pharmaceutical
Abbott Laboratories
, and tire company
Giti Tire
.
[6]
Field
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According to World Athletics,
[7]
the favourite in the women's elite race was
Gladys Cherono
. She had won the
previous year
's event in a time of 2:18:11, as well as the
2015
and
2017
editions.
[8]
Vivian Cheruiyot
had to withdraw from the race due to issues with her
Achilles tendon
. Cherono was due to face tough competition from
Meseret Defar
who had won the 5000 metres event at the
2004
and
2012
Summer Olympics and had a marathon personal best of 2:23:33.
[7]
Also racing were
Mare Dibaba
(2:19:52 personal best),
Melat Kejeta
, who was running her marathon debut and was aiming for the time of 2:22:00 having run a 1:08:41 in the
half marathon
, and three women who had run sub-2:22:00;
Haftamnesh Tesfaye
(2:20:13),
Helen Tola
(2:21:01), and
Ashete Bekere
(2:21:14).
[9]
The race director, Mark Milde, called it "one of the strongest women's fields in the history of the event".
[10]
According to World Athletics,
[7]
the favourite for the men's race was
Kenenisa Bekele
, who had won the
2016
edition in a personal best of 2:03:03. However, Bekele had struggled with an injury and had not raced since May 2019, and since setting his personal best, had withdrawn from more races than he had finished.
[7]
Three other runners, all Ethiopians, had personal bests under 2:05;
Leul Gebresilase
, winner of the 2018
Valencia Marathon
and a personal best of 2:04:02,
Sisay Lemma
(2:04:08), and
Birhanu Legese
, winner of the
2019 Tokyo Marathon
and a personal best of 2:04:15.
[11]
The
pacemakers
aimed to run through halfway in 1:01:30.
[7]
The men's wheelchair race featured 61-year-old
Heinz Frei
who had won the race 20 times.
Brent Lakatos
, winner of the 2018 race, returned to defend his title from
Marcel Hug
, who had lost to Lakatos in the sprint, and
David Weir
, the eight-time winner of the
London Marathon
. Also racing were
2014
winner
Kota Hokinoue
and
Ernst van Dyk
, who had won a gold medal at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
.
[12]
In the women's wheelchair race, four-time winner
Manuela Schar
returned to defend her 2018 title, which she won in a world record time of 1:36:53. She faced 2018 third place finisher
Sandra Graf
, and others including
Madison de Rozario
and
Amanda McGrory
.
[12]
Race summary
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In the men's race, the lead group went through 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in 14:24 and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in 28:53, 8 seconds quicker than
Eliud Kipchoge
's split at his world record run in the previous year's race. By 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), they were still 8 seconds ahead of the world record split and a group of five (Bekele, Legese, Gebresilase, Lemma, and
Jonathan Korir
) went through halfway in 1:01:05, one second ahead of the world record split. By 25 kilometres (16 mi), Gebresilase dropped out of the group and was soon joined by Korir, as Legese made a move shortly before the 30-kilometre (19 mi) mark, dropping Bekele then Lemma.
[13]
[14]
However, Bekele had reeled Lemma back in by 35 kilometres (22 mi) and was 13 seconds behind Legese, who had run a 14:09 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) split as opposed to Bekele's 14:20 split from 30 to 35 kilometres. Bekele closed the gap, easily passing by Legese in the 38th kilometre and continued on to pass through 40 kilometres (25 mi) two seconds faster than Kipchoge's split.
[14]
However, during his world record run, Kipchoge had increased the pace in the final two kilometres and Bekele was not able to match that.
[13]
Despite sprinting down the final straight, he fell two seconds short of the world record in 2:01:41.
[14]
[15]
Legese finished second in 2:02:48, the third-fastest marathon time ever, and Lemma was third in 2:03:36.
[14]
The women's race started with a pace that would have the lead pack finishing in the 2:20-2:22 range, with Cherono visible at the front.
[5]
However, just before 30 kilometres (19 mi), Cherono dropped out of the race due to an infection.
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The race came down to a sprint finish
[17]
where Bekere was able to win in 2:20:14 over Dibaba, who finished in 2:20:21.
Sally Chepyego Kaptich
was third in 2:21:06, with Tola in fourth.
Sara Hall
ran a four minute personal best to finish fifth
[5]
and
Melat Yisak Kejeta
placed sixth in 2:23:57.
[18]
In the women's wheelchair race, Schar built up an early lead and was two and a half minutes ahead of the other competitors, a lead which she extended to four minutes by the end to win in 1:38:07. McGrory and Rozario finished second and third in 1:42:05 and 1:42:09, respectively. In the men's wheelchair race, Hug had pulled away from the other competitors by 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) and "cruised" through the rest of the race to win by over three and a half minutes in 1:28:09.
[19]
[20]
Weir finished second in 1:31:45, with Lakatos third, one second behind.
[20]
Results
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Results for the top ten in the running races and top three in the wheelchair races are listed below.
[20]
[21]
References
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"IAAF Competition Rules for Road Races"
. International Association of Athletics Federations. 2009. Archived from
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on 23 September 2015
. Retrieved
15 April
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.
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15 April
2021
.
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Carter, Ben (4 October 2014).
"Why so many marathon records are broken in Berlin"
.
BBC News
.
Archived
from the original on 15 April 2021
. Retrieved
15 April
2021
.
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Robinson, Roger (25 September 2019).
"The Record-Breaking History of the Berlin Marathon"
.
Runners World
. Retrieved
26 April
2021
.
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a
b
c
Robinson, Roger (29 September 2019).
"Sara Hall Runs Massive PR in Berlin, Takes 5th Place"
.
Runners World
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Archived
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12 April
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Archived
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15 April
2021
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.
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. Retrieved
11 April
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fastrunning.com
.
Archived
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11 April
2021
.
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"Gladys Cherono Looking For Her Fifth Win And To Break Her Own Course Record At The Berlin Marathon"
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letsrun.com
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Archived
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. Retrieved
11 April
2021
.
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Kelsall, Christopher (26 September 2019).
"Gladys Cherono aims for Record Win with Course Record also in her Sights"
.
athleticsillustrated.com
.
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. Retrieved
11 April
2021
.
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"Kenenisa Bekele Will Lead The Ethiopian Charge At The Berlin Marathon"
.
letsrun.com
. 27 September 2019.
Archived
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. Retrieved
11 April
2021
.
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a
b
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Archived
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. Retrieved
11 April
2021
.
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a
b
Robinson, Roger (29 September 2019).
"Kenenisa Bekele Misses World Record By 2 Seconds at the Berlin Marathon"
.
Runners World
.
Archived
from the original on 12 April 2021
. Retrieved
12 April
2021
.
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a
b
c
d
"The GOAT is Back: Kenenisa Bekele Runs Stunning 2:01:41 at BMW Berlin Marathon"
.
letsrun.com
. 29 September 2019.
Archived
from the original on 12 April 2021
. Retrieved
12 April
2021
.
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"Kenenisa Bekele misses out on world record by two seconds at Berlin Marathon"
.
The Guardian
.
Associated Press
. 29 September 2019.
Archived
from the original on 13 April 2021
. Retrieved
14 April
2021
.
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Francis, Anne (29 September 2019).
"Three-time winner Berlin Marathon winner, Gladys Cherono, drops out at 30K"
.
runningmagazine.ca
.
Archived
from the original on 24 April 2021
. Retrieved
12 April
2021
.
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Ramsak, Bob (29 September 2019).
"Bekele clocks 2:01:41 in Berlin, second fastest marathon ever"
.
World Athletics
.
Archived
from the original on 12 April 2021
. Retrieved
12 April
2021
.
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"Kenenisa Bekele fehlen zwei Sekunden zum Weltrekord ? Melat Kejeta lauft 2:23:57 Stunden"
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www.leichtathletik.de
. 29 September 2019.
Archived
from the original on 4 December 2019
. Retrieved
29 September
2019
.
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"Berlin crowns Marathon Majors winners"
.
World Para Athletics
. 30 September 2019.
Archived
from the original on 13 April 2021
. Retrieved
14 April
2021
.
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a
b
c
"2019 Berlin Marathon results"
.
NBC Sports
. 29 September 2019.
Archived
from the original on 13 April 2021
. Retrieved
14 April
2021
.
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"2019 Berlin Marathon leaderboard"
.
Archived
from the original on 10 April 2021
. Retrieved
15 April
2021
.
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