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All of our places in this event have now been filled and we’re no longer taking applications.
As one of the seven Abbott World Marathon Majors, the BMW Berlin Marathon attracts over 45,000 runners each year and boasts a fast and flat course where runners’ PBs are regularly broken. This year’s BMW Berlin Marathon promises to be a huge party and a festival of celebrations you will not want to miss.
The BMW Berlin Marathon is one of the most popular events in the marathon calendar and demand for places is anticipated to be high. Take on this amazing challenge and raise vital funds for type 1 diabetes research.
Please watch this space for more information on our places in the 2026 Berlin Marathon.
If you were successful in getting a place in the general ballot and would like to support Breakthrough T1D, please complete our Own Place registration form.
Our charity places are offered as part of a hotel and entry package. After your place has been confirmed and your registration fee has been received, you will be sent a link to book your hotel with our travel partner.
Your package will include two or three nights in the Mercure Hotel Berlin Tempelhof (4 stars), breakfasts, plus top-class support from our travel partners on race weekend.
Whether you have a charity place or a ballot place, join Team Breakthrough T1D and you will receive the following:
*Running tops will be sent out two to three months before the event to all runners who have raised £100 or more for Breakthrough T1D.
Want to know more? Read our BMW Berlin Marathon FAQs.
If you have a question we haven’t managed to cover in our FAQs, our friendly Events team are always on hand to help. Email us at events@breakthrought1d.org.uk – we’d love to hear from you!
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