Claim: Tanzania's Suleiman Nyambui, a former track athlete from Tanzania who specialized in various long-distance disciplines, won the men's race in the 1987 Berlin Marathon in 2:11:11 hours.
Evidence: Suleiman Nyambui (born February 13, 1953) is a former track athlete from Tanzania who specialized in various long-distance disciplines. Tanzania's Suleiman Nyambui won the men's race in 2:11:11 hours, while the women's race was won by West Germany's Kerstin Preßler in 2:31:22.