Top 2026 BMW Berlin Marathon men’s results: Guye Adola wins title

BERLIN (World-Track) — Guye Adola pulled away late to win the men’s race at the BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday in a personal-best 2 hours, 2 minutes, 50 seconds, completing an Ethiopian sweep with women’s champion Tigst Assefa. It was Adola’s second Berlin victory, following his win in 2021.

Nine men were together at halfway in 1:01:01. Adola moved to the front by 30 kilometers, then opened a nine-second lead over compatriot Gemechu Dida by 35 kilometers. Dida finished second in 2:03:19, and Tanzania’s Gabriel Geay was third in 2:03:59. Getaneh Molla took fourth in 2:04:55, three seconds ahead of Selemon Barega, who posted a time of 2:04:58.

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Adola, 35, improved on the personal best he set in his 2017 marathon debut in Berlin, when he finished second to Eliud Kipchoge.

Assefa won the women’s race in 2:11:04, lowering her own Berlin course record by 49 seconds.

Men’s results

BMW Berlin Marathon, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, Berlin, Germany. Top 50, from the official results supplied.

1. Guye Adola (Ethiopia) 2:02:50
2. Gemechu Dida Diriba (Ethiopia) 2:03:19
3. Gabriel Gerald Geay (Tanzania) 2:03:59
4. Getaneh Molla (Ethiopia) 2:04:55
5. Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) 2:04:58
6. Asefa Boki (Ethiopia) 2:05:32
7. Andamlak Belihu (Ethiopia) 2:05:55
8. Shura Kitata (Ethiopia) 2:06:04
9. Yuhei Urano (Japan) 2:06:09
10. Tadu Abate (Ethiopia) 2:07:16
11. Kenya Sonota (Japan) 2:07:36
12. Shunsuke Shikama (Japan) 2:07:44
13. Daisuke Uekado (Japan) 2:07:53
14. Xiangdong Wu (China) 2:07:55
15. JiaHao Wang (China) 2:08:21
16. Haftom Welday (Germany) 2:08:25
17. Moses Tarakinyu (Zimbabwe) 2:08:26
18. Shoma Hosoya (Japan) 2:08:36
19. Hidekazu Hijikata (Japan) 2:08:56
20. Aaron Bienenfeld (Germany) 2:09:18
21. Abel Kipchumba (Kenya) 2:09:19
22. Jake Smith (Britain) 2:09:24
23. Charlie Sweeney (United States) 2:09:33
24. Sebastian Hendel (Germany) 2:09:50
25. Mica Kiplagat Cheserek (Kenya) 2:10:05
26. Oussama Zeroual (Morocco) 2:10:09
27. Tendai Zimuto (Zimbabwe) 2:10:27
28. Erick Sang (Kenya) 2:10:31
29. Will Nation (United States) 2:11:08
30. Paulo Roberto Paula (Brazil) 2:12:07
31. Lars Dewall (United States) 2:12:13
32. Li Jian (China) 2:12:16
33. Kiyoto Hirabayashi (Japan) 2:12:29
34. T-Roy Brown (United States) 2:12:38
35. Tom Hendrikse (Netherlands) 2:13:20
36. Naoki Koyama (Japan) 2:13:37
37. Riccardo Mugnosso (Italy) 2:13:44
38. Kazuya Nishiyama (Japan) 2:13:53
39. Jakob Lange (Germany) 2:13:57
40. Nathan Sevenois (Belgium) 2:14:00
41. Tsubasa Ichiyama (Japan) 2:14:12
42. Seyfu Jamaal (Britain) 2:14:14
43. Lianzheng Wang (China) 2:14:19
44. Bas Stigter (Netherlands) 2:14:20
45. Edouard Dupas (France) 2:14:23
46. William Mycroft (Britain) 2:14:24
47. Brendan Martin (United States) 2:14:36
48. Alex Carter (Britain) 2:14:42
49. Yuto Imae (Japan) 2:15:01
50. Julian Großkopf (Germany) 2:15:24

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