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Contact: SCC-RUNNING
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www.berlin-marathon.com
real,- BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday
with 39,636 runners from 105 nations and topstars
Germany's most spectacular road race will be started this Sunday: the 33rd
real,- BERLIN-MARATHON. 39,636 runners and walkers from 105 nations have
entered the race, about one million spectators are expected to line the
course. Men's favourites are Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) and Sammy Korir
(Kenya) while Gete Wami (Ethiopia) and Salina Kosgei (Kenya) seem to have
the best chances to collect the 50,000 Euro prize for first place.
The real,- BERLIN-MARATHON belongs to the new World Marathon Majors (WMM)
series, which surely is another upgrade for the race. Besides Berlin the
BAA Boston Marathon, the Flora London Marathon, the LaSalle Bank Chicago
Marathon and the ING New York City Marathon belong to this Premier League
of marathon running.
"We are the fourth biggest marathon in the world and it is our aim to keep
this position on Sunday", said Rüdiger Otto, the managing director of event
organiser SCC-RUNNING. Besides a field of 39,636 runners there will be 147
handbiker and 40 wheelchair athletes in the race on Sunday. On the day
before the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON for inline skaters will take place with
7,932 athletes.
It will be Haile Gebrselassie's aim to at least improve his Ethiopian
record of 2:06:20 hours. He will of course have the world record of 2:04:55
in his mind, although he refuses to talk about it. His big rival Paul
Tergat (Kenya) had run this time in Berlin in 2003. Gebrselassie will meet
the second fastest runner of all times on Sunday: Sammy Korir (Kenya) had
placed second behind Tergat in Berlin in 2003 with 2:04:56. "Although
Mizuki Noguchi had to cancel her race in Berlin due to injury I am
convinced that we will see a high-class women's race”, Race Director Mark
Milde said. Gete Wami, who has won three Olympic medals on the track during
her career, will race the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON for the first time. The
Ethiopian has a personal best of 2:22:19 from Amsterdam 2002. She will meet
Salina Kosgei (Kenya), who had won the Paris Marathon in 2004 with 2:24:32.
For more information please click on: www.berlin-marathon.com
FIGURES OF THE real,- BERLIN-MARATHON:
Registrations: 39,636 Runners
31,442 men
8,194 women (21%)
7,932 Skaters
5,112 men
2,820 women (35%)
40 Wheelchair competitors
35 men
5 women (13%)
147 Hand cyclists
129 men
18 women (12%)
47,755 participants in the marathon distance
(23% women)
of whom;
20% are participants from Berlin
34% are foreign participants
9,437 real,- MINI-MARATHON for the schools
(participants from 463 schools)
57,192 total participants
Nations participating (runners): 105 countries
Oldest female runner: Ruth Helfenstein, GER, b. 1931
Oldest male runners: Gilbert Lions, FRA, b. 1921
Egon Bethke, GER (Berlin), b. 1923
Oldest female skater: Eva Cambert, GER, b. 1939
Oldest male skater: Göran Magnusson, GER, b. 1926
Prominent participants:
Olaf Thon (Football world champion), Dr. Thomas Steg (Deputy Spokesman for
the Federal Government), Claudia Hämmerling (Green Party), Gabrielle Hiller
(Leftist Party)
Prominent Relay for the Haile Gebrselassie School Project:
Isabel Varell (singer), Joey Kelly (musician), Franziska Schenk (ARD
Sport), Ron Holzschuh (Verbotene Liebe soap opera), Guido Cantz (comedian),
Sven Lorig (ARD morgenmagazin morning show), Claudia Hiersche (Verbotene
Liebe soap opera)
Television coverage:
RBB will be broadcasting live from Germany’s largest sporting event
ARD: 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
RBB: 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Elite runners with bib numbers
MEN
Bib number
Front / back Best Time
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Korir / 2 Sammy Korir KEN 2:04:56
Haile / 3 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 2:06:20
El Himer / 4 Driss El Himer FRA 2:06:48
Kipkoech / 5 Raymond Kipkoech KEN 2:06:47
Ngolepus / 7 Joseph Ngolepus KEN 2:07:57
Koech / 8 Jackson Koech KEN 2:08:02
Hosokawa / 10 Michitaka Hosokawa JPN 2:09:10
Novo / 11 Luis Novo POR 2:09:41
Shentama / 12 Gudisa Shentema ETH 2:09:46
Umeki / 14 Kurao Umeki JPN 2:09:52
Shimeles / 15 Mola Shimeles ETH 2:10:11
Guta / 16 Dejene Guta ETH 2:10:49
Amaha / 17 Giday Amaha ETH 2:11:26
Haregot / 18 Araya Haregot ETH 2:11:46
Yae / 19 Terefe Yae ETH 2:12:07
Nakamori / 20 Kazuya Nakamori JPN 2:12:08
Ezzobayry / 21 Ahmed Ezzobayry FRA 2:13:12
Asmeron / 22 Yared Asmeron ERI 2:15:36
Valente / 23 Carlos Valente POR 2:16:21
Dudycz / 24 Radoslaw Dudycz POL 2:16:30
Mokamba / 28 Ombeche Mokamba KEN 2:17:37
Finlayson / 30 Jim Finlayson CAN 2:18:21
Mayeroff / 31 Jason Mayeroff USA 2:18:27
Achmüller / 32 Hermann Achmüller ITA 2:18:55
Gonzalez / 40 Jose Manuel Gonzalez ESP 2:21:20
Alves / 41 Paulo Alves BRA 2:23:15
Pedersen / 50 Torben Pedersen SWE 2:26:14
Borges / 60 Rui Borges POR Debüt
McRae / 61 Rubin McRae NZL Debüt
Dalkins / 62 Mark Dalkins GBR
Lambert / 63 Toby Lambert GBR
Whitehouse / 64 Martin Whitehouse GBR
Sponar / 70 Lennart Sponar GER 2:31:33
Pace 90 / 90 Peter Kiprotich KEN Pacemaker
Pace 95 / 95 Christopher Kandie KEN Pacemaker
Pace 90 / 96 James Kwambai KEN Pacemaker
Pace 97 / 97 Edwin Kwambai KEN Pacemaker
Pace 98 / 98 Eliud Tanui KEN Pacemaker
110 Marek Jaroszewski POL Pacemaker
111 Mario Kröckert GER Pacemaker
112 Martin Czarnietzki GER Pacemaker
113 Rafal Wojcik POL
WOMEN
Bib number
Front / back Best Time
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Wami / F2 Gete Wami ETH 2:22:19
Kosgei / F3 Salina Kosgei KEN 2:24:32
Gigi / F4 Asha Gigi ETH 2:26:05
Sonja / F5 Sonja Oberem GER 2:26:13
Gemechu / F6 Shitaye Gemechu ETH 2:26:15
Zekiros / F8 Adanech Zekiros ETH 2:27:38
Melanie / F9 Melanie Kraus GER 2:27:58
Ogawa / F10 Mina Ogawa JPN 2:28:47
Drybulska / F11 Monica Drybulska POL 2:29:58
Narlock / F12 Macia Narlock BRA 2:29:59
Yelling / F14 Liz Yelling GBR 2:30:58
Pulido / F15 Maria Teresa Pulido ESP 2:31:56
Pumper / F16 Susanne Pumper AUT 2:32:20
Cabral / F17 Fatima Cabral POR 2:33:32
Fortunato / F18 Marlene Fortunato BRA 2:33:35
Aboulachen / F19 Mounia Aboulachen BEL 2:35:10
Rezende / F20 Marizete Rezende BRA 2:37:29
Ashebir / F21 Alem Ashebir ETH 2:39:39
Abatzidou / F22 Georgia Abatzidou GRE 2:36:57
Neuenschwander / F25 Maja Neuenschwander SUI 2:44:23
von Schenck / F28 Anna von Schenck SWE 2:43:57
Takahashi / F30 Chiemi Takahashi JPN 2:48:36
Bharti / F31 Nirmal Bharti NEP Debüt
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