30th Vattenfall BERLIN HALF MARATHON with 27,051 athletes from 94 nations

Ethiopia’s Eshetu Wondimu has ended Kenya’s win streak at the 30th Vattenfall BERLIN HALF MARATHON on Sunday. The 28 year-old took the race in a fine 60:16 minutes, beating Peter Kirui (Kenya) by just one second in the final sprint. Ethiopia’s Maregu Zewdie took third place with 60:24. Kenyans had won the Vattenfall BERLIN HALF MARATHON eight times in a row from 2002. 21 year-old Pasalia Kipkoech won the women’s race in 69:43 minutes from her fellow Kenyan Eunice Kales (69:50). Germany’s defending champion Sabrina Mockenhaupt was third with 69:57. More...

30th Vattenfall BERLIN HALF MARATHON record field of 23,799 runners on Sunday: Wondimu and Kiprotich target fast times, Mockenhaupt intends to defend her title

A record field of 23,799 runners from 94 countries will compete in Sunday’s 30th edition of the Vattenfall BERLIN HALF MARATHON. Among them is a strong elite field. And the fastest men will once again target a sub one hour time in Germany’s biggest and best quality half marathon. Around 200,000 people are expected to line the flat course through the city centre of Berlin. More...

Public Transportation in Berlin with limited Capacities

Due to technical problems with trains public transportation in Berlin is working on limited capacities. Please, check with your hotel and/or travel group management, and plan for more time on race day morning. Trains are running less frequently than normally. Problems occur only at lines of the S-Bahn. Subways (U-Bahn) are running on normal schedule. More...

Gebrselassie versus Kibet – the fastest marathon duel ever?

No one could have imagined that the BERLIN-MARATHON would become one of the most spectacular sports events in Germany when the race was started for the first time 35 years ago. That happened next to the Grunewald, a forest in West Berlin, and there were only few spectators. Today the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON attracts around one million people who celebrate one of the greatest running events on the globe. More...

Datum	Headline
07.09.2009	Spirit of the Marathon - The Movie
21.07.2009	Showdown in Berlin: World record holder Gebrselassie faces this year´s top marathoner Duncan Kibet at the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON on September 20th. Both are aiming for a world record
19.05.2009	36th real,- BERLIN MARATHON sold out. Haile Gebrselassie will try for another world record in Berlin on September 20th
05.04.2009	Fast times for Kipyego and Mockenhaupt in the 29th Vattenfall BERLIN HALF MARATHON
03.04.2009	Kenyans chase fast times in the men’s race while Germany’s Sabrina Mockenhaupt is the women’s favourite
28.09.2008	Haile shatters own world record in Berlin
26.09.2008	Haile back on world record course
25.09.2008	Irina Mikitenko – big in Berlin
25.09.2008	Seven Finisher Clip cameras are capturing all participants of the 35th real,- BERLIN-MARATHON
24.09.2008	Finisher-DVD: The Anniversary-DVD of the 35th ,- real BERLIN-MARATHON