What an amazing GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON we experienced on April 7, 2019. Under the best spring weather conditions, 29,757 runners and inline skaters completed the 21.0975 kilometres to the new finish at the Brandenburg Gate, after enjoying a fantastic sightseeing tour of the capital. Although Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands missed the women's targeted world record, she delivered a new course record in a strong 65:45 minutes. And Richard Ringer led the tough field of German runners, completing his first half marathon in 62:10 minutes to finish seventh. In this digital magazine you will find all the stories and the best photos and videos for the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON 2019.
But this time clearly
But this time clearly the best performance of the event belonged to a woman: Former Ethiopian Sifan Hassan smashed the event record of 1:07:16, which Kenya’s Edith Masai had established back in 2006. Hassan’s time of 1:05:45 is the fourth fastest in the world this year. In the list of the world’s fastest times ever run at the half marathon distance her Berlin results ranks in 17th position. Hassan was so quick that she finished inside the top 20 in the overall results in Berlin. Only 18 men were faster in the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARA- THON than the Dutch athlete. In very good weather conditions the 26 year-old was even on course for a world record in the first part of the race. She passed the 3k mark in 9:11 and the 5k point in 15:25. Reaching 10k after 30:50 Hassan was already 50 seconds ahead. But during the second half she slowed and missed the global mark of 1:04:51 as well as her own European record (1:05:15). „It is early in the season so I lacked a bit of speed. I gave everything, but I simply could not run any faster,“ said Sifan Hassan. „It was a great race and I would like to return next year.“ She has now competed twice in Berlin and has won on both occasions. In August last year Hassan won the gold medal in the European 5,000 m final in the Olympic Stadium. Kenya’s Veronica Nyaruai, who had surprisingly followed Hassan’s pace for the first couple of kilometres but then dropped back after the 5k mark, took second in 1:08:51. While Selamawit Bayoulgn of Ethiopia finished third with 1:09:02, Kenya’s Naumi Vaati also ran a sub 70 minutes’ time with 1:09:40 for fourth place. 40
Anna Hahner returns in 1:15:42 hours Once more Fabienne Amrhein ran a great race. She was the best German runner, taking sixth place with a personal best of 1:11:39. Immediately behind her, two fellow-Germans clocked personal records as 41 well: Deborah Schöneborn was seventh with 1:13:00 while Kristina Hendel took eighth place in 1:14:02. After a long injury break it was good to see Anna Hahner returning to racing. She finished 11th in 1:15:42.
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