Runners start in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate for the 34th Berlin Marathon on Sunday. More than 40,000 participants from 115 countries took part in the event. Haile Gebrselassie, 34, of Ethiopia, won the 26.2 mile (42 kilometer) race and broke the world record by 29 seconds with a time of 2 hours 4 minutes 26 seconds. Fellow Ethiopian Gete Wami won the women's laurel crown with a time of 2 hours 23 minutes 17 seconds. Archive: View Recent Photos