2021 Berlin Marathon
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The 2021 Berlin Marathon was a marathon race held on 26 September 2021.[1] It was the 47th edition of the annual Berlin Marathon. 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.
47th Berlin Marathon | |
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Venue | Berlin, Germany |
Dates | 26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) |
Champions | |
Men | Guye Adola (2:05:45) |
Women | Gotytom Gebreslase (2:20:09) |
Wheelchair men | Marcel Hug (1:24:03) |
Wheelchair women | Manuela Schär (1:37:31) |
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.[4][5][6][7]