Kenyan's Dennis Kimetto and Emmanuel Mutai with sub 2.04 marathon personal bests will lead world's one of the fastest marathons - the BMW Berlin marathon - on Sunday, September 28.
Men's Elite Runners
Name | Country | PB | |
Dennis Kimetto | Kenya | 2:03:45 | Won Tokyo last year and set CR at Chicago (#3 all-time); DNF in Boston in April |
Emmanuel Mutai | Kenya | 2:03:52 | 7th in London this year; runner-up in London and Chicago (#4 all-time) last year |
Tsegaye Kebede | Ethiopia | 2:04:38 | 2x London champ and also won Chicago in ’12; 3rd in London this year |
Levy Matebo | Kenya | 2:05:16 | (12th in Boston, DNF in Frankfurt); 2nd in Warsaw in April |
Eliud Kiptanui | Kenya | 2:05:39 | 11th in Seoul in March; 2nd in Singapore in December |
Franklin Chepkwony | Kenya | 2:06:11 | Won Seoul last year; 3rd in Boston in April |
Geoffrey Kamworor | Kenya | 2:06:12 | World half marathon champion (58:54 PB) has finished 3rd in Berlin last 2 years |
Kazuhiro Maeda | Japan | 2:08:00 | 4th in Tokyo last year; 17th at Moscow World Champs |
Ryo Yamamoto | Japan | 2:08:44 | 6th in Vienna in April in 2:10:59 |
Maswai Kiptanui | Kenya | 2:08:52 | Ran PB to take 5th in Berlin last year |
Abera Kuma | Ethiopia | 2:09:53 | 5th in 10k at Worlds last year; 2:09:53 in debut in Dubai in January |
Scott Overall | GBR | 2:10:55 | Former Butler runner was 19th in London in April; won Dublin Half Marathon in 65:21 in August |
Kazuki Tomaru | Japan | 2:11:43 | |
Fernando Cabada | USA | 2:11:53 | 10th at US 20k Champs on 9/1; just 66:23 for half marathon in Czech Republic on 9/14 |
Falk Cierpinski | Germany | 2:13:30 | Son of 2-time Olympic marathon champ Waldemar was 18th last year |
John Gilbert | GBR | 2:16:46 | |
Markus Weiß-Latzko | Germany | 2:18:06 | |
Andrew Lemoncello | GBR | 2:23:40 |
Women's Elite Runners coming up...