2018 Berlin Diary: European Athletics reveals videos of 20k, 50k and Marathon Championship courses!

The 2014 courses for the European Championships were quite exciting, and the 2018 versions look pretty interesting! Here’s the video and updates on the 20k, 50k and marathon courses in Berlin, Germany! I have gone to six Euro Indoors, my first European outdoors was in Zurich in 2014, and I loved it. Hoping to go to Berlin in August.

Christelle Daunay, 2014 European Marathon champion, Zurich, Switzerland, August 2014, photo by PhotoRun.net

Daniel Meucci, 2014 European Marathon Champion, Zurich, Switzerland, August 2014, photo by PhotoRun.net

Videos of the race walking and marathon courses for the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships from 7-12 August are now available.

The 20km race walk and 50km race walk events will take place at the Breitscheidplatz. Participants in the 20km race walk will cover a one-kilometre loop 20 times while the 50km race walkers will cover a longer two-kilometre loop 25 times. The participants will pass the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on each lap and will start and finish on the European Mile.

Here are the courses for the 20k, 50k racewalks and marathon course:

20k Race Walk Course:

The course for the 20km race walk at the European Championships in Berlin:

Women’s race:
🗓Sat 11 August
🕐9.05am CET
⏰1:26:42 (CR)

Men’s race:
🗓Sat 11 August
🕐10.55am CET
⏰1:18:37 (CR)#TheMoment pic.twitter.com/0fRs4l5u5O

— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) July 25, 2018

Here’s the 50k Race Walk course:

The course for the 50km race walk at the European Championships in Berlin.

Men’s and women’s race:
🗓Tuesday 7 August
🕐8.35am CET
⏰3:32:33 (CR)

The women will contest the 50km race walk for the first time in European Championships history next month. pic.twitter.com/zqBXj4zbu6

— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) July 25, 2018

Here’s the race course for the Marathon:

The marathon-runners will contest a 10km loop in the heart of the German capital passing many of the city’s principal attractions and landmarks, including the Brandenburg Gate. An additional loop of 2.195km in the Tiergarten has been added to the last lap to make up the full marathon distance.

What a course. 😍

The marathon route for the European Championships takes in all of Berlin’s principal attractions.

Women’s race
🗓Sun 12 August
🕐9.05am CET
⏰2:25:14 (CR)

Men’s race
🗓Sun 12 August
🕐10.00am CET
⏰2:10:31 (CR)#TheMoment pic.twitter.com/6tGLQIgPWV

— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) July 25, 2018

More information on the 2018 European Championships:

– The Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships will be part of the first multi-sport European Championships along with co-hosts Glasgow.

– It will be a must-watch, must-attend experience that elevates the status of European Champions, uniting existing European Championships to celebrate the highest honour in European sport and celebrating the defining moments that create Champions.

– It is the continent’s ultimate multi-sport event, an 11-day celebration of European sport staged every four years.

– Seven of Europe’s leading sports (athletics, aquatics, rowing, golf, cycling, gymnastics, triathlon) will be brought together for the first edition.

– The European Athletics Championships in Berlin will be staged 7-12 August. The six other sports will be staged in Glasgow through 2-12 August.

– 4500 athletes and 52 nations will compete across the seven sports.

– Potential TV audience of over one billion with millions more across multiple digital platforms.

– Over half a million spectators expected.