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{{Infobox athletics competition
|competition = 28th Berlin Marathon
|image = 
|size=
|caption = 
|venue = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
|dates = {{Start date|2001|09|30|df=y}}
|men = [[Joseph Ngolepus]]
|men_win_value = 2:08:47
|women= [[Naoko Takahashi]]
|women_win_value = 2:19:46
|prev = [[2000 Berlin Marathon|2000]]
|next = [[2002 Berlin Marathon|2002]]
}}
The '''2001 [[Berlin Marathon]]''' was the 28th running of the annual [[marathon]] race held in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], held on 30 September 2001. Kenya's [[Joseph Ngolepus]] (entering as a [[pacemaker (running)|pacemaker]]) won the men's race in 2:08:47&nbsp;hours. The women's race was won by Japan's [[Naoko Takahashi]] in a [[Marathon world record progression#Women|world record]] time of 2:19:46, as she became the first woman to break the 2 hour 20 minute barrier.<ref name=longman>{{citation |last=Longman |first=Jere |title=Marathon: Takahashi Sets Women's Mark For Marathon | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 1, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/01/sports/marathon-takahashi-sets-women-s-mark-for-marathon.html}}</ref> 

== Results ==
=== Men ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Position 
! Athlete 
! Nationality
! Time
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}1 
| [[Joseph Ngolepus]]
| {{KEN}}
| 2:08:47
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}2 
| [[Willy Cheruiyot Kipkirui]]
| {{KEN}}
| 2:09:08
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}3 
| [[William Kiplagat]]
| {{KEN}}
| 2:09:55
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}4 
| [[Tsuyoshi Ogata]]
| {{JPN}}
| 2:10:06
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}5 
| [[Danilo Goffi]]
| {{ITA}}
| 2:10:35
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}6 
| [[Frederick Chumba]]
| {{KEN}}
| 2:10:36
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}7 
| [[Makhosonke Fika]]
| {{RSA}}
| 2:10:47
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}8 
| [[Viktor Röthlin]]
| {{SUI}}
| 2:10:54
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}9 
| [[Tesfaye Eticha]]
| {{ETH|1996}}
| 2:11:19
|-
| style="text-align:center"| 10
| [[João N’Tyamba]]
| {{ANG}}
| 2:11:40
|}

=== Women ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Position 
! Athlete 
! Nationality
! Time
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}1 
| [[Naoko Takahashi]]
| {{JPN}}
| 2:19:46
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}2 
| [[Tegla Loroupe]]
| {{KEN}}
| 2:28:03
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}3 
| [[Kathrin Weßel]]
| {{GER}}
| 2:28:27
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}4 
| [[Shiki Sekiuchi]]
| {{JPN}}
| 2:33:23
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}5 
| [[Ai Sugihara]]
| {{JPN}}
| 2:34:56
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}6 
| [[Bev Hartigan]]
| {{GBR}}
| 2:36:02
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}7 
| [[Faustina-Maria Ramos]]
| {{ESP}}
| 2:36:25
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}8 
| [[Dagmar Rabensteiner]]
| {{AUT}}
| 2:38:03
|-
| style="text-align:center"| {{0}}9 
| [[Christine Döllinger]]
| {{GER}}
| 2:38:52
|-
| style="text-align:center"| 10
| [[Susanne Johansson]]
| {{SWE}}
| 2:40:29
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
* [http://more.arrs.run/race/36719 Results]. [[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]]. Retrieved 2020-04-02.

== External links ==
* [http://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/ Official website]

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