[3] It has received IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status and hosted the Asian Marathon Championship in 2004.

A 5 km short course event was held at the inaugural edition and it featured for three years until its discontinuation in 2002.

In 2007 it was awarded Silver Label Race Road status by the IAAF and by 2008 around 25,000 runners were competing at each annual event.

[1] It takes place in the south-east part of the city, heading into the suburbs towards Seongnam before looping back to finish in the Jamsil Olympic Stadium.

[8][9] James Kwambai is the men's course record holder with 2:05:50 hours and is the most successful athlete at the race, having won three times consecutively from 2011 to 2013.