SEGAS was founded on 7 February 1897 and has been the principal organiser of many international sporting competitions held in Greece. The association was behind the 1969 and 1982
European Championships, the 1995 European Indoor Championships, the 1986
World Junior Championships, the 1990 IAAF Grand Prix Final, the 1991
Mediterranean Games, the 1994 World Relay Championships, the 1995
World Marathon Cup, many
Balkan Games and many
European Cups. SEGAS is putting together the
Athens Classic Marathon taking place in November this year. The president of the association is
Sofia Sakorafa. When two Greek sprinters were barred from the
Athens Olympics in 2004 for drug abuse, SEGAS set up an independent tribunal to review the ban. They are located at 137
Andrea Syngrou Avenue,
Nea Smyrni,
Greece. == Balkan Games ==