2025 Berlin Marathon

51st Berlin Marathon
LocationBerlin, Germany
Dates21 September 2025 (2025-09-21)
Websitehttps://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com
Champions
MenSabastian Sawe (2:02:16)
WomenRosemary Wanjiru (2:21:05)
Wheelchair menMarcel Hug (1:17:30)
Wheelchair womenManuela Schär (1:35:08)

The 2025 Berlin Marathon was the 51st edition of the annual marathon race in Berlin, held on Sunday, September 21, 2025. A Platinum Label marathon, it was one of the six World Marathon Majors events scheduled for 2025.

Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe won the men's race with a world-leading time of 2:02:16.[1] Fellow Kenyan runner Rosemary Wanjiru won the women's race with a time of 2:21:05.[1] Swiss wheelchair athletes Marcel Hug and Manuela Schär won their respective races.[2] This was Hug's tenth and Schär's seventh win at the Berlin Marathon.

Competitors

The elite field for the 2025 edition was noted for its depth. The men's race featured defending champion Milkesa Mengesha, but the favorite was Sabastian Sawe, who had a phenomenal start to his marathon career with two wins in two major races.[3] Despite very warm conditions, Sawe ran a solo race for the final 17 kilometers to secure the victory.[1]

The women's elite field was headlined by Rosemary Wanjiru, who had an impressive debut at the Berlin Marathon in 2022. Wanjiru won after a dramatic finish, holding off a late surge from Ethiopian runner Dera Dida to win by three seconds.[1] The race also featured both Japanese national record holders, Kengo Suzuki and Honami Maeda, a rare occurrence for a marathon outside of Japan.[3]

Results

Results for the top ten in the running races and top six in the wheelchair races are listed below.

Men's race result
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sabastian Sawe  Kenya 2:02:16
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Akira Akasaki  Japan 2:06:15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chimdessa Debele  Ethiopia 2:06:57
4 Guye Adola  Ethiopia 2:07:11
5 Yuhei Urano  Japan 2:07:35
6 Hassan Chahdi  France 2:07:43
7 Shin Kimura  Japan 2:08:37
8 Hendrik Pfeiffer  Germany 2:09:14
9 Joseph Tiophil Panga  Tanzania 2:09:35
10 Ahmed Ouhda  Italy 2:10:39
Women's race result
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rosemary Wanjiru  Kenya 2:21:05
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dera Dida  Ethiopia 2:21:08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Azmera Gebru  Ethiopia 2:21:29
4 Violah Cheptoo  Kenya 2:21:40
5 Fantu Worku  Ethiopia 2:21:57
6 Fabienne Königstein  Germany 2:22:17
7 Degitu Azimeraw  Ethiopia 2:23:02
8 Domenika Mayer  Germany 2:23:16
9 Honami Maeda  Japan 2:24:36
10 Mestawut Fikir  Ethiopia 2:24:52
Wheelchair men's race result
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland 1:17:30
2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Weir  United Kingdom 1:23:13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Geert Schipper  Netherlands 1:24:14
4 Jetze Plat  Netherlands 1:24:14
5 Hiroki Nishida  Japan 1:24:14
6 Ludwig Malter  Austria 1:24:15
Wheelchair women's race result
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland 1:35:08
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jade Hall  United Kingdom 1:40:18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eden Rainbow-Cooper  United Kingdom 1:40:19
4 Tatyana McFadden  United States 1:40:22
5 Patricia Eachus  Switzerland 1:47:25
6 Vanessa De Souza  Brazil 1:47:29

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sawe and Wanjiru secure Kenyan double at Berlin Marathon". worldathletics.org. 2025-09-21. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  2. ^ "Berlin Marathon 2025: all results, times and standings - full list". Olympics.com. 2025-09-21. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  3. ^ a b "Elite Race Preview for the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2025". www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com. Retrieved 2025-10-12.

See also

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