It was the first edition of the Berlin Marathon to take place after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019.
The 2020 Berlin Marathon was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
[2] The race was the first of the five World Marathon Majors held in 2021; all the events in the series took place in the space of six weeks between late September and early November.
[3] The marathon distance is just over 26 miles (42 km) in length and the course is run around the city and starts and finishes in the Tiergarten.
The marathon was won by Guye Adola and Gotytom Gebreslase, both of Ethiopia, in 2:05:45 and 2:20:09, respectively, while the wheelchair race was won by Marcel Hug and Manuela Schär, both of Switzerland, in 1:24:03 and 1:37:31, respectively.