 | #055 - High School Girl Idols Special 2011-08-07 14.6% Bae Suzy (miss A) Luna (f(x)) Park Ji-yeon (T-ara) Sulli (f(x)) bells byul couplerace couples dancing food hideandseek idols mustwatch pedometer pencilsharpener piggyback wristband High school couples must complete various challenges before an elimination game at a school. | 344 | 67 |
 | #063 - SNSD Special, Part 1 2011-10-02 13.4% Im Yoona (Girls' Generation) Jessica Jung (Girls' Generation) Kim Hyo-yeon (Girls' Generation) Kim Tae-yeon (Girls' Generation) Kwon Yuri (Girls' Generation) Seohyun (Girls' Generation) biking buy couplerace couples idols karaoke mustwatch nojihyo picnic singing The guests select their partner before a biking picnic race, couple matching shopping, and a karaoke competition. Contains an epic wipeout. | 364 | 99 |
 | #064 - SNSD Special, Part 2 2011-10-09 13.4% Im Yoona (Girls' Generation) Jessica Jung (Girls' Generation) Kim Hyo-yeon (Girls' Generation) Kim Tae-yeon (Girls' Generation) Kwon Yuri (Girls' Generation) Seohyun (Girls' Generation) bells burning camping cooking couplerace couples hideandseek idols perfume pyjamas randomkids rockpaperscissors shopping sleeping spy supermarket wristband Continuing from #063, two teams must cook the same dish where one wins if it's judged to be tastier. The winning team gets to sleep in a heated RV, the other sleeps in the prop truck. The next morning couples are formed in order of waking up, and then an elimination match starts between the seeker couple and the rest of the other couples. | 356 | 68 |
 | #075 - Hallyu Idol Special 2012-01-01 18.9% Ahn So-hee (Wonder Girls) Choi Min-ho (Shinee) Choi Si-won (Super Junior) Hyolyn (Sistar) Sulli (f(x)) carry dancing food idols math mustwatch scavenger Running Man welcome guests at the airport and 4 teams are formed. Right away they must race to pick two numbers. Following challenges include a manual airplane trip with each team, dance post-its off their bodies, and then find mathematical operators. In the end, they must use the numbers and math operators to create an answer of 11. | 335 | 42 |
 | #084 - Running Man vs. Big Bang, Part 1 2012-03-04 17.7% Daesung (Big Bang) G-Dragon (Big Bang) Seungri (Big Bang) T.O.P (Big Bang) Taeyang (Big Bang) hideandseek idols runningmanvs | 326 | 76 |
 | #085 - Running Man vs. Big Bang, Part 2 2012-03-11 17.4% Daesung (Big Bang) G-Dragon (Big Bang) Seungri (Big Bang) T.O.P (Big Bang) Taeyang (Big Bang) dice idols powers runningmanvs superpowers | 318 | 71 |
 | #104 - Running Olympics 2012-07-22 19.9% Eunhyuk (Super Junior) Hahm Eun-jung (T-ara) Jung Yong-hwa (CNBLUE) Lee Joon (MBLAQ) Nichkhun (2PM) Yim Si-wan (ZE:A) Yoon Doo-joon (Beast) bells flowerboys hideandseek idols olympics pool prettyboys race relay ripnametag runningmanvs trampoline volleyball A multilingual and talented MC announces the Running Man team and Idols team. They first compete against each other in a relay race, trampoline volleyball match, water high jump match, and a back-and-forth nametag elimination match. | 353 | 116 |
 | #115 - Incheon Landing 2012-10-14 19.1% Changmin (TVXQ) Moon Geun-young Yunho (TVXQ) chickenfight couples dbsk dodgeball gaze hideandseek idols loveline mondaycouple mud photo ripnametag scavenger Running Man receive a morning wake-up performance, form couple teams and take part in a bell race. In the first challenge they must stand on a platform on a mud field and pose for a picture. Afterwards there is a dodgeball match against the VJs and a chicken fight. The winning and losing teams form an attacking and defending team respectively, and a nametag elimination and Running Ball elimination begins. | 308 | 52 |
 | #116 - Future Ddak Ji 2012-10-21 19.0% Bae Suzy (miss A) Ji Jin-hee Ji Sung Kim Yu-bin (Wonder Girls) Song Chang-eui coinflip ddakdji ddakji hulahoop idols multiplication timetravel trainstopquest | 310 | 41 |
 | #117 - Riddle Race 2012-10-28 20.2% Bae Suzy (miss A) Ji Jin-hee Ji Sung Kim Yu-bin (Wonder Girls) Song Chang-eui athleticgames children hotel idols jumping pedometer piggyback rockpaperscissors school spartace teams teamwork | 306 | 44 |
 | #122 - Back To The 1980's (Time Machine) 2012-12-02 19.2% Goo Hara (Kara) Jung Won-gwan Kang Susie Kim Tae-hyung Kim Wan-sun Lee Sang-won (Sobangcha) Park Nam-jung dancing fddongwan funguests idols meepmeep relay teams teamwork timetravel | 305 | 58 |
 | #127 - War of the Zodiac Gods 2013-01-06 20.1% Choi Ji-woo Jung Yong-hwa (CNBLUE) Lee Gi-kwang (Beast) Lee Jong-hyun (CNBLUE) Simon Dominic (Supreme Team) acejihyo beach dodgeball flowerboys hideandseek idols mustwatch piggyback prettyboys ripnametag spartace teams tossing Two teams are formed in the morning and each member draws a zodiac animal card. Both teams compete in a beach piggyback challenge, tossing and hide and seek challenge, and dodgeball match. The winning team in each challenge receives a hint as to who received the Snake card. A nametag elimination starts to try to find the Snake person. | 334 | 84 |
 | #129 - Running Winter Olympics 2013-01-20 18.8% Choi Min-ho (Shinee) Hwang Kwanghee (ZE:A) Jung Yong-hwa (CNBLUE) L (Infinite) Lee Jong-hyun (CNBLUE) Lee Joon (MBLAQ) Sulli (f(x)) acejihyo competitiveguests easybrothers fddongwan flowerboys hideandseek icehockey idols kjkbeastmode meepmeep mondaycouple olympics prettyboys ripnametag teams winter | 319 | 69 |
 | #156 - Alien Invasion 2013-07-28 12.8% CL (2NE1) Minzy (2NE1) Park Bom (2NE1) Sandara Park (2NE1) Taeyang (Big Bang) aliens code crossword dancing gossaum idol idols mannequin park pedometer pool push ripnametag safe songguess spartace squeeze teams towel ufo water waterbottles Aliens are sent to Earth (Planet R21) in 3 teams to gather exactly 21 litres of water. | 285 | 52 |
 | #160 - Ranking Organization 2013-08-25 12.2% Andy Lee (Shinhwa) Eric Mun (Shinhwa) Jun Jin (Shinhwa) Lee Min-woo (Shinhwa) Shin Hye-sung (Shinhwa) acupressure badjihyo ball boat camera coins eggs elevator fddongwan food gangsterjihyo idol idols meepmeep mondaycouple mud pants ranking ripnametag scream slap tabletennis Running Man members undergo various challenges in order to establish a rank order which brings various benefits to the top-ranking members, and gold coins are given according to rank. The challenges lead them to an island where they meet pirates who rob them of their gold coins. | 320 | 90 |