[4] Swiss wheelchair athletes Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner won their races with finish times of 1:27:18 and 1:35:23, respectively.
[6] Eliud Kipchoge set the world record at the time of 2:01:09 in winning the 2022 Berlin Marathon.
[8] 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.
[9] Near the end of the race, Milkesa Mengesha pulled away from Cybrian Kotut with the finish line in sight to win by 5 seconds.