IAAF has ratified the marathon world record set by Wilson Kipsang of Kenya at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 29 September 2013.
Kipsang (31) won in 2:03:23 hrs breaking the previous record of 2:03:38 set by Patrick Makau at the 2011 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. Kipsang marked the ninth marathon world record set in Berlin since 1977, of which the last five were all set in the past ten years.
| 2:04:55 | Paul Tergat (Kenya) | 2003 |
| 2:04:26 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 2007 |
| 2:03:59 | Haile Gebrselassie | 2008 |
| 2:03:38 | Patrick Makau (Kenya) | 2011 |
| 2:03:23 | Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) | 2013 |