2018 Berlin Marathon


The 2018 Berlin Marathon was the 45th edition of the Berlin Marathon. The marathon took place in Berlin, Germany, on 16 September 2018 and was the fourth World Marathon Majors race of the year. The men's race was won by Eliud Kipchoge, who set a new world record time of 2:01:39. The women's race was won by Gladys Cherono in a time of 2:18:11.

Men's race

Eventual winner Eliud Kipchoge began the race with three pacemakers dedicated to him. After 5 km in the run, the gap between him and the Kipsang group was 9 seconds. After 15 km in the race, two of the pacemakers were unable to continue pacing him. The remaining pacemaker dropped out after 25 kilometres, leaving Kipchoge to cover the final 17 km alone. Kipchoge had planned to run with a pacemaker though 30 km ; this adversity "was unfortunate," he reflected post-race, "but I had to believe". Kipchoge accelerated, covering the second half of the race faster than the first half. In sunny weather conditions, the temperature was 14 °C during the start and 18 °C when Kipchoge crossed the finish line.
Before the race, Kipchoge stated that he planned to run a new personal best. The prize money he made for his Berlin run was €120,000, consisting of €30,000 for finishing in less than 2:04 hours, €40,000 for the win and a further €50,000 for setting a new world record. The world record set during this run was the 8th world record in 20 years in the men's marathon at the Berlin marathon. During the run, Kipchoge used Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4% shoes.
The pace during the run averaged to 2:53/km. The second half of the race in 1:00:33 is faster than all but three American half-marathon times, and the last 10 km was covered in 28:33.
It was the most evenly paced marathon ever recorded, with the fastest 5 km interval covered in 14:18 and the slowest in 14:37, a difference of 19 seconds.

Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Eliud Kipchoge2:01:39 WR
Amos Kipruto2:06:23
Wilson Kipsang2:06:48
4Shogo Nakamura2:08:16
5Zersenay Tadese2:08:46
6Yuki Sato2:09:18
7Okubay Tsegay2:09:56
8Daisuke Uekado2:11:07
9Willy Canchanya2:12:57
10Bart van Nunen2:13:09
11Wellington Da Silva2:13:43
12Vagner Da Silva Noronha2:14:57
13Fernando Cabada2:15:00
14Nick van Peborgh2:15:04
15Thomas De Bock2:15:19
16Kenta Murayama2:15:37
17Brendan Martin2:16:26
18Malcolm Hicks2:16:28
19Paul Martelletti2:16:39
20Julian Spence2:17:29
21Luis Orta2:17:48
22Gary O'Hanlon2:19:06
23Gerd Devos2:19:14
24Berihun Wuve2:19:45
25Brady Threlfall2:19:53
26Valentin Harwardt2:19:54
27Antonio Cardona2:20:18
28Jeffrey Seelaus2:20:52
29Ruben Sança2:21:01
30Dirk Hübner2:21:01

Women