The Berlin Marathon will take place for the 50th time in September. Where can the running event be followed live and what is the exact schedule? All information at a glance.
September 28, 2024 at 7:30 amBerlin
An article by
Kai Winderl
Tens of thousands of participants are expected at the Berlin Marathon.
Paul Zinken/dpa
On Sunday, the 29. September 2024he thinks 50. Berlin-Marathon instead of. The Berlin Marathon is now one of the most popular running events in Germany and will transform the capital into a runner’s paradise at the end of September. Tens of thousands of runners and fans are expected to attend the marathon’s 50th anniversary.
All important information about the Berlin-Marathon 2024 you can get it here.
Berlin Marathon 2024: start, time and program
The start and finish area is again on Straße des 17. Juni. The Berlin Marathon starts this Sunday Main competition at 9:15 a.m. in four starting waves. The competition for handbikers (elite) starts at 8:50 a.m., the wheelchair riders start at 8:56 a.m. and the handbikers at 8:59 a.m.
At Infos at a glance:
- Competition: Berlin-Marathon 2024
- sport: Run
- Deadline: Sunday, September 29, 2024
- Start time Main competition: 9:15 a.m. (in four starting waves)
- distance: 42,195 Kilometer
Route: This is how the Berlin Marathon runs
Basically, nothing has changed in the route of the Berlin Marathon compared to last year. The runners start again on the Street of June 17th. This is also where the marathon finish area is located. From the Straße des 17. Juni, the runners have to go north via Ernst-Reuter-Platz to Alt-Moabit and then east via Otto-von-Bismarck-Allee, Reinhardstraße, Torstraße and Karl-Marx-Allee to Strausberger Platz.
The route then leads south via Lichtenberger Straße, Heinrich-Heine-Straße, Moritzplatz, Kottbusser Tor and Kottbusser Damm to Hermannplatz in Neukölln, past Hasenheide and along Gneisenaustraße. The athletes head west via Yorckstrasse, Grunewaldstrasse and Martin-Luther-Strasse to the Schöneberg town hall. Inwards the city it goes via Friedenau, Schmargendorf, Hohenzollerndamm to Konstanzer Straße, Kurfürstendamm and Wittenbergplatz. The route leads to Potsdamer Platz via Kleiststrasse and Potsdamer Strasse. The last stretch runs along Leipziger Straße to Gendarmenmarkt and across Unter den Linden street through the Brandenburg Gate to the finish line Street of June 17th. The top athletes in the men’s race are expected to reach the finish line after a good two hours.
Berlin Marathon 2024: Broadcast live on TV & stream
Many marathon fans are wondering where they can watch the important running event live on stream and on TV. There is good news here. RTL will host the Berlin Marathon 2024 on Sunday show live on free TV. The Berlin Marathon can be followed in a paid stream on RTL+. In recent years the sporting event has also been held at RBB shown on free TV and stream. It is still unclear whether there will be a live broadcast again this year.
All information about the transfer at a glance:
- Free-TV: RTL
- Pay-TV: –
- Livestream: RTL+
Participants and favorites at the Berlin Marathon 2024
Overall will be around 50,000 runners expected at the marathon in Berlin. To date, 13 world records have been set on one of the “fastest” marathon routes in the world. Last year, Tigist Assefa set a new record for women with a fantastic time of 2:11:53 hours. For men, Eliud Kipchoge’s world record at the Berlin Marathon two years ago still stands with a time of 2:01:09 hours.
Some top stars from the scene are expected in Berlin again this year. The two top runners Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele are not there, but they are Kibiwott Kandie and Ronald Korir from Kenya and the Ethiopian Tadese Takele absolute elite runners who should fight for victory among themselves. In the women’s race there will be a duel for victory between Tigist Section (Ethiopia) and Rosemary Wanjiru (Kenya) expected.
