Overview

• Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe took the men’s title in 2:02:16 for the year’s fastest marathon, falling short of Eliud Kipchoge’s course mark and Kelvin Kiptum’s world record.
• Kenya’s Rosemary Wanjiru won the women’s race in 2:21:05, edging Ethiopia’s Dera Dida by three seconds before collapsing at the finish and receiving treatment; Azmera Gebru placed third.
• Japan’s Akira Akasaki finished second in the men’s race in 2:06:15, with Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele third; Germany’s Hendrik Pfeiffer was eighth in 2:09:14.
• Germany’s Fabienne Königstein led domestic women in sixth at 2:22:17, with Domenika Mayer eighth at 2:23:16 on a day organizers described as one of the warmest editions.
• Organizers reported more than 55,000 marathon entrants and up to one million spectators, with widespread road closures lasting into the afternoon and the Straße des 17. Juni remaining shut through midweek.