Editing Berlin (section)

== Sports ==
{{Main|Sport in Berlin}}

[[File:Berliner Olympiastadion night 2.jpg|thumb|The [[Olympic Stadium (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]] hosted the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] and the [[2006 FIFA World Cup final]].]]
[[File:Berlin marathon.jpg|thumb|The [[Berlin Marathon]] is the current second world record course (world record course is {{As of|2024|August|lc=y}} [[Chicago Marathon]]).]]
[[File:Berlin Mercedes-Benz-Arena.jpg|thumb|[[Uber Arena]] (formerly Mercedes-Benz Arena)]]

Berlin has established a high-profile as a host city of major international sporting events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/01/2204562.htm?section=sport|title=Melbourne retains ultimate sports city title|website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=1 April 2008|access-date=1 July 2008|archive-date=13 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113164852/https://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/01/2204562.htm?section=sport|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city hosted the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] and was the host city for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/overview.html |title=Italy conquer the world as Germany wins friends |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821050509/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/overview.html |archive-date=21 August 2008}}</ref> The [[World Athletics Championships]] was held at [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]] in [[2009 World Athletics Championships|2009]] and [[2025 World Athletics Championships|2025]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berlin2009.org/ |title=12. IAAF Leichtathletik WM berlin 2009 |publisher=Berlin2009.org |access-date=10 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720233014/https://www.berlin2009.org/ |archive-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city hosted the [[Euroleague Final Four]] basketball competition in [[2009 Euroleague Final Four|2009]] and [[2016 Euroleague Final Four|2016]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5y55csanso845gfb|title=Euroleague Final Four returns to Berlin in 2016|publisher=Euroleague|date=11 May 2015|access-date=5 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019170810/https://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5y55csanso845gfb|archive-date=19 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was one of the hosts of FIBA [[EuroBasket 2015]]. In 2015 Berlin was the venue for the [[2015 UEFA Champions League Final|UEFA Champions League Final]]. The city bid to host the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] but lost to [[Sydney]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2009 |title=Berlin's Failed Bid to Host the 2000 Summer Olympic Games: Urban Development and the Improvement of Sports Facilities |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46541517}}</ref>

Berlin hosted the [[2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games]]. This is the first time Germany has ever hosted the Special Olympics World Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.specialolympics.org/about/press-releases/berlin-germany-selected-to-host-the-2023-special-olympics-world-games|title=Berlin, Germany selected to host the 2023 Special Olympics World Games|publisher=Special Olympics|access-date=21 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041349/https://www.specialolympics.org/about/press-releases/berlin-germany-selected-to-host-the-2023-special-olympics-world-games|archive-date=21 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The annual [[Berlin Marathon]]{{snd}}a course that holds the most top-10 world record runs{{snd}}and the [[Internationales Stadionfest|ISTAF]] are well-established athletic events in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scc-events.com/en/events/halbmarathon/ |title=Berlin Marathon |publisher=Scc-events.com |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402162248/https://www.scc-events.com/en/events/halbmarathon/ |archive-date=2 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Mellowpark]] in Köpenick is one of the biggest skate and BMX parks in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urbancatalyst-studio.de/en/projects/project-site/mellowpark-berlin.html |title=Mellowpark Campus |publisher=urbancatalyst-studio.de |access-date=29 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904031925/https://www.urbancatalyst-studio.de/en/projects/project-site/mellowpark-berlin.html |archive-date=4 September 2014}}</ref> A fan fest at Brandenburg Gate, which attracts several hundreds of thousands of spectators, has become popular during international football competitions, such as the [[UEFA European Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.bettor.com/The-best-sports-stadiums-in-the-world-a21645 |title=500,000 spectators to watch the game together |publisher=Blogs.bettor.com |access-date=7 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322085540/https://blogs.bettor.com/The-best-sports-stadiums-in-the-world-a21645 |archive-date=22 March 2012}}</ref>

[[Friedrich Ludwig Jahn]], who is often hailed as the "father of modern gymnastics", invented the [[horizontal bar]], [[parallel bars]], [[Rings (gymnastics)|rings]], and the [[Vault (gymnastics)|vault]] around 1811 in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gymnastics|last=Mcintosh|first=J. S.|publisher=Mason Crest|year=2010|isbn=978-1422217344}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/history-gymnastics-ancient-greece-modern-times/|title=A History of Gymnastics: From Ancient Greece to Modern Times {{!}} Scholastic|last=Strauss|first=Michael|website=www.scholastic.com|access-date=4 December 2019|archive-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219051634/https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/history-gymnastics-ancient-greece-modern-times/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidesport.com.au/news/friedrich-jahn-invented-gymnastics-apparatus-422812|title=Friedrich Jahn invented gymnastics' apparatus|last=Drane|first=Robert|date=16 March 2016|website=Inside Sport|access-date=4 December 2019|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204131519/https://www.insidesport.com.au/news/friedrich-jahn-invented-gymnastics-apparatus-422812|url-status=live}}</ref> Jahn's [[Turners]] movement, first realized at [[Volkspark Hasenheide]], was the origin of modern [[sports clubs]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/Aeltester-Sportverein-HT16-feiert-200-Jahre,jubilaeumht100.html | title=Ältester Sportverein der Welt wird 200 Jahre | access-date=20 January 2024 | archive-date=26 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126003431/https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/Aeltester-Sportverein-HT16-feiert-200-Jahre,jubilaeumht100.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, around 600,000 Berliners were registered in one of the more than 2,300 sport and fitness clubs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lsb-berlin.net/wir-ueber-uns/der-lsb-berlin/ |title=Der Landessportbund Berlin – Mitglieder |publisher=LSB |access-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004065645/https://www.lsb-berlin.net/wir-ueber-uns/der-lsb-berlin/ |archive-date=4 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city of Berlin operates more than 60 public indoor and outdoor swimming pools.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newinthecity.de/en/sports-leisure-berlin/2976-berlin-swimming-pools-and-bathing-spots.html |title=Berlin's swimming pools and bathing spots |publisher=New in the City |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216213503/https://www.newinthecity.de/en/sports-leisure-berlin/2976-berlin-swimming-pools-and-bathing-spots.html |archive-date=16 February 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Berlin is the largest Olympic training center in Germany, with around 500 top athletes (15% of all German top athletes) being based there. Forty-seven elite athletes participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Berliners would achieve seven gold, twelve silver, and three bronze medals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berlin-sportmetropole.de/english/olympiastuetzpunkt/index.html |title=Sports Metropolis |publisher=Be Berlin |access-date=12 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216042009/https://www.berlin-sportmetropole.de/english/olympiastuetzpunkt/index.html |archive-date=16 February 2016}}</ref>

Several professional clubs representing the most important spectator team sports in Germany are based in Berlin. The oldest and most popular first-division team based in Berlin is the football club [[Hertha BSC]].<ref name="Herthabsc.de-2011">{{cite web |url=https://www.herthabsc.de/ |title=Hertha BSC |publisher=Herthabsc.de |date=27 December 2011 |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-date=23 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223123453/https://www.herthabsc.de/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The team represented Berlin as a founding member of the [[Bundesliga]] in 1963. Other professional team sport clubs include:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:gold; color:navy;"| Club(s)
! scope="col" style="background:gold; color:navy;"| Sport(s)
! scope="col" style="background:gold; color:navy;"| Founded
! scope="col" style="background:gold; color:navy;"| League(s)
! scope="col" style="background:gold; color:navy;"| Venue(s)
|-
|[[1. FC Union Berlin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fc-union-berlin.de/ |title=Union Berlin |publisher=Fc-union-berlin.de |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-date=7 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207225546/https://www.fc-union-berlin.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|[[Association football|Football]]
|1966
|[[Bundesliga]]
|[[Stadion An der Alten Försterei]]
|-
|[[Hertha BSC]]<ref name="Herthabsc.de-2011"/>
|[[Association football|Football]]
|1892
|[[2. Bundesliga]]
|[[Olympic Stadium (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]]
|-
|[[ALBA Berlin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.albaberlin.de/ |title=ALBA Berlin |publisher=Albaberlin.de |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-date=10 May 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510094130/https://www.albaberlin.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Basketball
|1991
|[[Basketball Bundesliga|BBL]]
|[[Uber Arena]]
|-
|[[Berlin Thunder (ELF)|Berlin Thunder]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europeanleague.football/members-of-efl/berlin-thunder |title=Berlin Thunder |publisher=europeanleague.football |access-date=26 May 2021 |archive-date=21 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521130817/https://www.europeanleague.football/members-of-efl/berlin-thunder |url-status=live }}</ref>
|[[American football]]
|2021
|[[European League of Football|ELF]]
|[[Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark]]
|-
|[[Eisbären Berlin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eisbaeren.de |title=Eisbären Berlin |publisher=Eisbaeren.de |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-date=4 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404224600/https://www.eisbaeren.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|[[Ice hockey]]
|1954
|[[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]
|[[Uber Arena]]
|-
|[[Füchse Berlin (handball)|Füchse Berlin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fuechse-berlin.de/ |title=Füchse Berlin |publisher=Fuechse-berlin.de |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419192051/https://www.fuechse-berlin.de/ |archive-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|[[Team handball|Handball]]
|1891
|[[Bundesliga (handball)|HBL]]
|[[Max-Schmeling-Halle]]
|-
|[[Berlin Recycling Volleys]]
|Volleyball
|1991
|[[Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|[[Max-Schmeling-Halle]]
|-
|[[Berliner Hockey Club]]
|[[Lacrosse]]
|2005
|Bundesliga
|Ernst-Reuter-Feld
|}