Amazing Record In Marathon

Eliud Kipchoge shaved more than a minute off the world record time in Berlin. The Kenyan crossed the finished line in 2:01:39.

Berlin Marathon, one of the top events timed by the ChampionChip, saw a record pace from the gun set by Kipchoge. The 34-year-old was already 9 seconds ahead of his closest chaser Wilson Kipsang at 5km when he passed through in 14:24. Two of the three pacemakers could no longer cope with the pace and left the course shortly after the 15km mark reached in 43:38. The final pacemaker, Josphat Boit, led Kipchoge through the halfway in 1:01:06. Following Boit’s withdrawal from the race at 25km, Kipchoge sped up to run the second half in 1:00:33, and broke the finish tape in a world record time of 2:01:39. The Olympic champion took one minute and 18 seconds off the previous world record 2:02:57, set by Dennis Kimetto on the same course four years ago. Amos Kipruto followed in 2:06:23, and Wilson Kipsang finished third in 2:06:48.

Celebrating its 45th anniversary, Berlin Marathon also became the first marathon in history in which three women finished inside 2:19. It was Gladys Cherono of Kenya who won the race in 2:18:11. The Ethiopian duo Ruti Aga and Tirunesh Dibaba followed in 2:18:34 and 2:18:55 respectively.

Having been the scene for the last seven men’s world record, Berlin Marathon continues to utilise the ChampionChip/MYLaps systems, offering the most stable and sound timing service that exists in the world. The system was the very first successful example of the transponder timing when it was used officially for the first time in the 1994 edition of Berlin Marathon, and it is still the world leader by a margin.