[5][6] Runners are also offered the option of completing the Desafio Cidade Maravilhosa ('wonderful city challenge'), in which one runs both the half marathon on Saturday and the marathon on Sunday.

[7] The Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon [pt] is a separate race that is held in August.

[3][10] It was organized by Brazilian runner Eleonora Mendonça, who later went on to run in the first Olympic women's marathon in 1984.

[12][10] The course for the inaugural marathon started and finished in the stadium of the Army Physical Education School [pt].

[10] In 2019, the route of the marathon was changed to begin and end in Flamengo Park.