Livestream, startlists and results from Seoul Marathon which is held on Sunday 2nd of November 2025.
JTBC Seoul Marathon 2025
Date
November 2
Place
Seoul – South Korea
Distance
Road Maraton
Results
Course
Weather
About
The JoongAng Seoul Marathon is an annual footrace that takes place in Seoul, South Korea, usually in early November. First held in 1999, the race was established as a commemoration of Olympic marathon race which was held as part of the 1988 Seoul Olympics. It features a men’s marathon elite race, and also has non-professional races of 10 km as well as the marathon distance. Elite international competitors are usually not invited to the women’s race, thus that section tends to be a competition between Korean women only.
Sponsored by JoongAng Ilbo, the JoongAng Seoul Marathon one of two annual international marathons in the city: the Seoul International Marathon is held in March and is sponsored by rival newspaper The Dong-a Ilbo. It has received IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status and hosted the Asian Marathon Championship in 2004.
Past winners
| Edition | Year | Men’s winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women’s winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 2002 |  Mbarak Hussein (KEN) |
2:09:46 |  Oh Jung-hee (KOR) |
2:37:58 |
| 5th | 2003 |  Pavel Loskutov (EST) |
2:09:15 | Chung Yun-hee (KOR) |
2:30:50 |
| 6th | 2004 | Pavel Loskutov (EST) |
2:09:34 |  Zhang Shujing (CHN) |
2:36:22 |
| 7th | 2005 | William Kiplagat (KEN) |
2:08:27 | Kwon Keun-young (KOR) |
2:49:09 |
| 8th | 2006 | Jason Mbote (KEN) |
2:08:13 | Kim Hye-kyong (KOR) |
2:40:36 |
| 9th | 2007 | Joshua Chelanga (KEN) |
2:08:14 | Lee Eun-jung (KOR) |
2:29:32 |
| 10th | 2008 |  Solomon Molla (ETH) |
2:08:46 | Lee Sun-young (KOR) |
2:29:58 |
| 11th | 2009 | Francis Kibiwott (KEN) |
2:09:00 | Lee Sun-young (KOR) |
2:34:22 |
| 12th | 2010 | David Kiyeng (KEN) |
2:08:15 | Kim Eun-jung (KOR) |
2:44:25 |
| 13th | 2011 | James Kwambai (KEN) |
2:08:50 | Choi Gyeong-hui (KOR) |
2:40:49 |
| 14th | 2012 | James Kwambai (KEN) |
2:05:50 | Choi Gyeong-hui (KOR) |
2:39:20 |
| 15th | 2013 | James Kwambai (KEN) |
2:06:25 | Park Ho-sun (KOR) |
2:31:32 |
| 16th | 2014 | Feyisa Bekele (ETH) |
2:07:43 | Ahn Seul-ki (KOR) |
2:37:47 |
| 17th | 2015 | Tebalu Zawude (ETH) |
2:08:46 | Park Ho-sun (KOR) |
2:36:30 |
| 18th | 2016 | Joel Kemboi (KEN) |
2:08:07 | Kim Sun-ae (KOR) |
2:44:13 |
| 19th | 2017 | Thomas Rono (KEN) |
2:09:13 | Kim Do-yeon (KOR) |
2:31:24 |
| 20th | 2018 | Asefa Mengstu (ETH) |
2:08:11 | Kim Seong-eun (KOR) |
2:38:47 |
| 21st | 2019 | Shifera Tamru (ETH) |
2:05:29 | Lee Sook-jung (KOR) |
2:48:15 |