1989 Berlin Marathon

The 1989 Berlin Marathon was the 16th running of the annual marathon race held in Berlin, West Germany, held on 1 October. Australia's Alfredo Shahanga won the men's race in 2:10:11 hours, while the women's race was won by Finland's Päivi Tikkanen in 2:28:45. Heinz Frei (1:40:11) and (1:55:23), both of Switzerland, won the men's and women's wheelchair races. A total of 13,433 runners finished the race, 12,233 men and 1200 women.

Results[]

Men[]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Alfredo Shahanga	Tanzania	2:10:11
	Dereje Nedi	Ethiopia	2:11:15
	Spyros Andriopoulos	Greece	2:12:59
4		Soviet Union	2:13:03
5		Russia	2:13:03
6	Jan Huruk	Poland	2:13:12
7		Poland	2:13:18
8	Osmiro Silva	Brazil	2:13:39
9	Igor Braslavskiy	Soviet Union	2:13:58
10	Daniel Böltz	Switzerland	2:14:11
11		Poland	2:16:09
12		Netherlands	2:16:14
13	Justin Gloden	Luxembourg	2:16:19
14		Poland	2:16:24
15		Poland	2:16:31
16		Poland	2:16:37
17		Poland	2:16:39
18		Sweden	2:16:42
19		Denmark	2:17:05
20		Switzerland	2:17:14

Women[]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Päivi Tikkanen	Finland	2:28:45
	Renata Kokowska	Poland	2:32:04
	Kerstin Preßler	West Germany	2:33:35
4	Sissel Grottenberg	Norway	2:33:55
5	Rita Borralho	Portugal	2:34:11
6		Greece	2:34:24
7		Poland	2:35:52
8		West Germany	2:36:13
9	Ágnes Sipka	Hungary	2:36:58
10		Soviet Union	2:36:59
11		West Germany	2:37:13
12		Soviet Union	2:37:40
13		Poland	2:38:26
14		Poland	2:38:34
15		West Germany	2:38:39
16		Poland	2:38:42
17		West Germany	2:38:55
18		United Kingdom	2:39:59
19		Switzerland	2:40:16
20		Poland	2:41:09

References[]

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-05-30.

External links[]

• Official website