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Σύνδεσμος Ελληνικών Γυμναστικών Αθλητικών Σωματείων (ΣΕΓΑΣ)

The Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS) (Greek: Σύνδεσμος Ελληνικών Γυμναστικών Αθλητικών Σωματείων (ΣΕΓΑΣ)) is the Greek Federation of Classical Sports. It was founded in 1897 under the name SEAGS.

It was founded during the reign of George I in 1897, before the beginning of the Greek-Turkish war of 1897, as a necessity for a more complete organisation of the then Greek sports clubs, following the First Olympic Games held in Athens the previous year. As the leading sporting body of 28 original clubs, SEGAS linked its history with the history of Greek sport in the modern era. Today it has 500 sports clubs and about 30,000 athletes.

It was the first Federation to be founded in Greece and, since its foundation and for many decades, it has cultivated all the sports (football, basketball, volleyball, swimming, tennis, fencing, cycling, gymnastics, wrestling, boxing, equestrianism, shooting, judo, handball, etc.) that subsequently acquired independent federations. It should be noted that the Cypriot gymnastics clubs belonged to SEGAS during the British rule of the island and for several years afterwards until 1983.

SEGAS, along with other Greek sports federations, is administratively under the General Secretariat for Sport and is a member of the International Sports Federation.

SEGAS is the organaizer of Athens Marathon. The Authentic, Athens Half Marathon and Run Greece.

Classical Sports