[6] In the wheelchair race, Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland) 2023 broke the world record in 1:34:16 hours, with two women just one second behind.

[7] The Berlin Marathon was established in 1974 by Horst Milde, a baker and running enthusiast in the city.

The race had 244 finishers; 234 men and 10 women, and was won by Günter Hallas and Jutta von Haase in times of 2:44:53 and 3:22:01 respectively.

In 1977, Christa Vahlensieck established a new women's world record at the Berlin Marathon, running 2:34:47.

In 1989, a children's race was added to the event, and eight years later an inline skating marathon was contested.

[8][9] The event was held in mid-September in 2000 and 2018, because of a conflict with the Women's Olympic Marathon, and due to German Unity Day preparations, respectively.

The field size was significantly larger than previous editions of the race, and it set a world record for the most finishers in a marathon.

On 30 September 1990 athletes were able to run through the Brandenburg Gate for the first time and since then, the course has covered both halves of the unified city.

[13] Nowadays, after leaving Brandenburg Gate, the course passes Charlottenburg, around Tiergarten, along Moabit and Mitte, and then south to Friedrichshain.

After that, it winds west between Kreuzberg and Neukölln, through Schöneberg, over to Friedenau and Zehlendorf, before turning north back toward the city's center.

The men's and women's race records are held by Bart Swings (56:49 in 2015) and Maira Yaqueline Arias (1:06:35 in 2017).

Key:    Course record (in bold) A wheelchair section was first officially held at the Berlin Marathon in 1981.