Kammala wannan jumla: Papaflessia an kira shi ne don girmama Papaflessas, wani firist na Girka da kuma sanannen shugaban soja wanda ya mutu a
Yaƙin Maniaki a lokacin juyin juya halin Girka. An kaddamar da taron a 1954 kuma an gudanar da shi a filin wasa na Messiniakos har zuwa 1968, lokacin da juyin mulkin soja ya dakatar da bukukuwa. An sake dawo da taron wasannin motsa jiki a shekarar 1984 kuma abubuwan da aka gudanar a filin wasa na Kalamata Metropolitan sun kasance galibi tsakanin 'yan wasa na gida. A shekara ta 1994 taron ya faɗaɗa ya haɗa da 'yan wasa na duniya. Masu halartar da suka gabata sun hada da 'yan wasan zinare na Olympic Stefka Kostadinova da Yelena Yelesina da' yan wasan Ingila Dwain Chambers da John Regis.