#restartrunning: The GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON is the first really big running event in Germany after the long Corona break. More than 25,000 participants are expected to run the 21.0975 kilometres on August 22, 2021. Because all of them will either have been vaccinated against Covid19, have recovered from the disease or have demonstrated through PCR tests not to be currently infected, the run will also be a safe affair. You can expect a super-fast loop course that takes you past all the major sights - with the start and finish in the immediate vicinity of the Brandenburg Gate and the Victory Column. In this digital magazine, you'll find all the important information about the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON 2021, when the race celebrates its 40th birthday.
the 20 km competition
the 20 km competition was becoming pretty much obsolete. In 1990, the half marathon leads through East and West Berlin Starting with the first all- German edition in 1990, the course led through the eastern and western parts of the city. For many a dream came true. A “Berlin Half Marathon“ had already existed in the western part of the city since September 1984. As a dress rehearsal for the BERLIN-MARATHON, it was organized by the Sport Club Charlottenburg (SCC) with up to 1,800 participants. The new joint BERLIN HALF MARATHON was then moved from September to the spring in 1991, due to the tight schedule with the marathon, and it has been held in the beginning of April ever since. A small mis- - 39 -
hap accompanied the new start in 1991, when the rain dissolved the race numbers en masse. Until 1993, the BERLIN HALF MARATHON still had the subtitle “Friedenslauf“ (peace run) with the corresponding logo. In 1999, the mayor at the time, Eberhard Diepgen, competed with race number one In 1993, Carsten Eich made a sensation The event already became a global sensation in 1993, when the first two runners finished in under 61 minutes. Carsten Eich (Leipzig) won with a European record time of 60:34 minutes. To this day, his time remains the undisputed German record. In the women‘s race, Edith Masai (KEN) achieved a world class result and the course record in 2006 with her winning time of 67:16 minutes. In 2001, the Spaniard Fabián Roncero set a course and European record in Berlin. Since then, the winning times in the men‘s race have mostly remained below the hour mark. - 40 -
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