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Berlin Marathon
sports
- Key People:
- Eliud Kipchoge
- Notable Honorees:
- Kenenisa Bekele
Berlin Marathon, annual 26.2-mile (42.2-km) footrace through the streets of Berlin that traditionally takes place in late September. The Berlin Marathon is considered to have the fastest course of the world’s six major marathons—a group that also includes the New York City, Boston, Chicago, London, and Tokyo marathons—and it has been the site of numerous world-record times since it was first held in 1974. The route of the Berlin Marathon was restricted to West Berlin until the 1990 marathon, which took place just three days before German reunification. The current course begins in Tiergarten and circles through the city before ...(100 of 147 words)