Sunday 28th 2014 will be remembered as the day when Dennis Kimetto was the first man in history to run a marathon in less than 2 hours and 3 minutes.
Berlin seems to draw world records like a magnet. Last year already, the world record was broken in Berlin by Wilson Kipsang who finished the marathon in 02:03:23.
The second place went to Emmanuel Mutai who also went faster than the previous world record. He crossed the finish line in 02:02:13. Abera Kuma took the third place in 02:05:56.
Dennis Kimetto knows the German Capital well. He had finished at the second place in the 2012 §race_link(1364) and also won that year the §race_link(2827) and §race_link(13032) during which he broke the world record for the 25 km. In this year’s race, he ran 48 s faster than his previous personal best set in Chicago last year.
In the women’s race, Tirfi Tsegaye topped the podium with a time of 2:20:18. The second and third places went to Feye Tadese (2:20:27) and Shalane Glanagan (2:21:14).
Top 10 Men
| 1 | Kimetto, Dennis | KEN | 02:02:57 |
| 2 | Mutai, Emmanuel | KEN | 02:03:13 |
| 3 | Kuma, Abera | ETH | 02:05:56 |
| 4 | Kamworor, Geoffrey | KEN | 02:06:39 |
| 5 | Kiptanui, Eliud | KEN | 02:07:28 |
| 6 | Chepkwony, Frankline | KEN | 02:07:35 |
| 7 | Matebo, Levy | KEN | 02:08:33 |
| 8 | Kiptanui, Maswai | KEN | 02:10:18 |
| 9 | Kebede, Tsegaye | ETH | 02:10:27 |
| 10 | Tomaru, Kazuki | JPN | 02:11:25 |
Top 10 Women
| 1 | Tsegaye, Tirfi | ETH | 02:20:18 |
| 2 | Tadese, Feyse | ETH | 02:20:27 |
| 3 | Flanagan, Shalane | USA | 02:21:14 |
| 4 | Bekele, Tadelech | ETH | 02:23:02 |
| 5 | Afework, Abedech | ETH | 02:25:02 |
| 6 | Fukushi, Kayoko | JPN | 02:26:25 |
| 7 | Hahner, Anna | GER | 02:26:44 |
| 8 | Melchor, Ines | PER | 02:26:48 |
| 9 | Kalmer, Rene | RSA | 02:29:27 |
| 10 | Da Silva, Adriana | BRA | 02:38:05 |