# 2024 Berlin Marathon

The 2024 Berlin Marathon was the 50th edition of the annual marathon race in Berlin, held on Sunday, September 29, 2024. A Platinum Label marathon, it was the fourth of six World Marathon Majors events scheduled for 2024. A total of 54,280 runners completed the marathon making it the largest marathon in the world at that time. This record was later surpassed at the 2024 New York City Marathon which had 55,646 finishers.
Ethiopian runner Tigst Ketema won the women's race with a time of 2:16:42. Fellow Ethiopian runner Milkesa Mengesha won the men's race with a time of 2:03:17. Swiss wheelchair athletes Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner won their races with finish times of 1:27:18 and 1:35:23, respectively. This was Hug's ninth and Debrunner's third win.

## Competitors

Eliud Kipchoge set the world record at the time of 2:01:09 in winning the 2022 Berlin Marathon. Then, he won the following year at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, winning the event for the fifth time in a finishing time of 2:02:42. However, in 2024, for the first time in about a decade, neither Kipchoge nor his long-time Ethiopian competitor Kenenisa Bekele would be a part of the Berlin Marathon. Instead, top competitors going into the race included Tadese Takele of Ethiopia and Cybrian Kotut of Kenya. Near the end of the race, Milkesa Mengesha pulled away from Cybrian Kotut with the finish line in sight to win by 5 seconds.
Tigst Assefa won the 2023 Berlin Marathon setting the world record at the time of 2:11:53. Another top Ethopian runner Tigist Ketema was the favorite going into the race with the fastest marathon time among race entrants. Ketema ran most of the race alone and finished the race near her personal best time in 2:16:42.

## Results

Results for the top ten in the running races and top three in the wheelchair races are listed below.
Men's race result :
| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Milkesa Mengesha | Ethiopia | 2:03:17 |
| | Cybrian Kotut | Kenya | 2:03:22 |
| | Haymanot Alew | Ethiopia | 2:03:31 |
| 4 | Stephen Kiprop | Kenya | 2:03:37 |
| 5 | Hailemariyam Kiros | Ethiopia | 2:04:35 |
| 6 | Yohei Ikeda | Japan | 2:05:12 |
| 7 | Tadese Takele | Ethiopia | 2:05:13 |
| 8 | Kibrom Oqbe Ruesom | Eritrea | 2:05:37 |
| 9 | Enock Onchari | Kenya | 2:05:53 |
| 10 | Kindie Derseh Kassie | Ethiopia | 2:05:54 |
Women's race result :
| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Tigist Ketema | Ethiopia | 2:16:42 |
| | Mestawot Fikir | Ethiopia | 2:18:48 |
| | Bosena Mulatie | Ethiopia | 2:19:00 |
| 4 | Ayana Aberu Mulisa | Ethiopia | 2:20:20 |
| 5 | Ai Hosoda | Japan | 2:20:31 |
| 6 | Mizuki Matsuda | Japan | 2:20:42 |
| 7 | Calli Hauger-Thackery | United Kingdom | 2:21:24 |
| 8 | Yebregual Melese | Ethiopia | 2:21:39 |
| 9 | Fikrte Wereta | Ethiopia | 2:23:23 |
| 10 | Meseret Sisay Gola | Ethiopia | 2:23:36 |
Wheelchair men's race result :
| Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:27:18 |
| David Weir | United Kingdom | 1:29:05 |
| Geert Schipper | Netherlands | 1:30:33 |
Wheelchair women's race result :
| Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| Catherine Debrunner | Switzerland | 1:35:23 |
| Susannah Scaroni | United States | 1:38:01 |
| Manuela Schar | Switzerland | 1:41:14 |