The 1988 Berlin Marathon was the 15th running of the annual marathon race held in Berlin, West Germany, held on 9 October. Tanzania's Suleiman Nyambui won the men's race in 2:11:45 hours, while the women's race was won by Poland's Renata Kokowska in 2:29:16. West Germany's Markus Pilz (1:52:08) and Switzerland's Gabriele Schild (2:52:29), won the men's and women's wheelchair races. A total of 13,117 runners finished the race, comprising 11,986 men and 1131 women.

15th Berlin Marathon
VenueBerlin, West Germany
Date9 October
Champions
MenSuleiman Nyambui (2:11:45)
WomenRenata Kokowska (2:29:16)
Wheelchair menMarkus Pilz (1:52:08)
Wheelchair womenGabriele Schild (2:52:29)
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Results

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
  Suleiman Nyambui   Tanzania 2:11:45
  Spyros Andriopoulos   Greece 2:12:04
  Tulu Mekonnen   Ethiopia 2:12:29
4 Bogusław Psujek   Poland 2:12:37
5 Tesfaye Dadi   Ethiopia 2:12:49
6 Sergey Rozum   Soviet Union 2:13:09
7 Kenneth Stuart   United Kingdom 2:13:37
8 John Andrew Boyes   United Kingdom 2:14:16
9 Konrad Dobler   West Germany 2:14:17
10 Michel Constant   France 2:15:25
11 Jean Weijts   Belgium 2:15:34
12 Gerhard Hartmann   Austria 2:15:38
13 Wiesław Furmanek   Poland 2:15:41
14 Chala Urgessa   Ethiopia 2:15:51
15 Werner Grommisch   West Germany 2:15:59
16 Stanisław Zdunek   Poland 2:16:17
17 Helmut Schmuck   Austria 2:16:19
18 Agapius Masong   Tanzania 2:16:25
19 Sören Hellmark   Sweden 2:16:33
20 Dieter Notz   West Germany 2:16:43

Women

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
  Renata Kokowska   Poland 2:29:16
  Sheila Catford   United Kingdom 2:33:44
  Małgorzata Birbach   Poland 2:33:54
4 Ursula Starke   West Germany 2:35:58
5 Krystyna Chylińska   Poland 2:36:05
6 Marta Visnyei   Hungary 2:36:30
7 Ewa Szydlowska   Poland 2:36:55
8 Gabriela Gorzynska   Poland 2:36:58
9 Dimitra Papaspirou   Greece 2:37:04
10 Lyubov Svirskaya   Soviet Union 2:37:12
11 Irina Ruban   Soviet Union 2:37:59
12 Anne Roden   United Kingdom 2:38:24
13 Angelika Dunke   West Germany 2:38:42
14 Petra Liebertz   West Germany 2:39:42
15 Linda Milo   Belgium 2:39:46
16 Gizela Molnar   Hungary 2:40:00
17 Anne van Schuppen   Netherlands 2:42:23
18 Janina Saxer-Juszko   Switzerland 2:42:50
19 Beate Waeber   West Germany 2:42:55
20 Weronika Gierwatowska   Poland 2:42:55

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