Seoul Marathon

Name: Seoul Marathon
Start: 2027-03-21
End: 2027-03-22
Location: Seoul, South Korea

42KCombo

Distances10K

BonusesScenic

Mar 21, 2027 – Mar 22, 2027 · 2 days🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea

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Key Facts

Standouts

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The Seoul Marathon is Asia's oldest marathon, first run in 1931, and holds the World Athletics Platinum Label. It is a point-to-point, mostly flat course with 93m elevation gain, starting at Gwanghwamun Plaza and finishing inside Jamsil Olympic Stadium. The race has a 5-hour time limit and requires a qualifying certificate for entry.

Why attend here

Come for the marathon, stay for the city waking up in early spring. The course itself is a tour of Seoul's contrasts — from the royal Gwanghwamun Plaza and the old city gates to the modern curves of DDP and the riverside parks — and the finish inside the Olympic Stadium is a proper grandstand moment. While you're here, warm up with a bowl of seolleongtang (milky beef bone soup) or tteokbokki from a street cart, and take a walk along Cheonggyecheon stream, which is especially pleasant in the mild March air.

Distance from you

From Columbus, US to Seoul, KR

~13.6h · 10,868 km

Seoul

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typical Mar weather · 2026

21 Sat

13°0°

0mm2.7 m/s

28 Sat

18°5°

0mm2.7 m/s

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Event Details

Elevation

93m

Course

Point-to-point from Gwanghwamun Plaza through Sungnyemun, Cheonggyecheon, DDP, Heunginjimun, Children's Grand Park, and Seoul Forest, finishing inside Jamsil Olympic Stadium (1988 Olympics venue). Mostly flat with 93m total elevation gain — Jamsil Bridge at 34-35K is the one significant climb. Asphalt road, broad straight avenues throughout.