National Sports Week

The National Sports Week (, abbreviated as PON) is a multi-sport event held every four years in Indonesia. The participants of this event are the athletes from all provinces of Indonesia. It is organized by the National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI).

History The Indonesian Sports Association (ISI) was established in Jakarta in 1938 with the aim of coordinating the existing sports associations including the Football Federation. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1945, sporting activities were coordinated by the Sports Practice Movement. Following the Indonesian Declaration of Independence in 1945, that nation took over the running of its own sport and in January 1946, a conference was held in Solo, Central Java, which gave rise to the Indonesian Olympic Committee (KORI), chaired by Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX.

Indonesia was unable to participate in the 1948 Olympic Games because Indonesian independence had not been recognized, and Indonesia was not a member of the International Olympic Committee. At an emergency conference in Solo on 1 May 1948 to discuss Indonesia's failure to compete in the Olympics, it was decided to organize the first National Games, which ran from 8–12 September 1948.

During the first Pekan Olahraga Nasional event, many sporting organizations tested a uniform system which is to be recognized throughout the country as the official scoring method. Until then, no clear rules were evident. In the case of the Aurora Club, Bandung, later to be renamed into Health and Strength organization, a scoring system went into trial for the weightlifting event; in which Carl Sugianto was crowned as the first weightlifting champion of Indonesia.

List of National Sports Week

Games Year Host city Host Province Dates Top provinceI 1948 Surakarta Central Java 8 8–12 September 1948 Central JavaII 1951 Jakarta Jakarta 10 21–28 October 1951 West JavaIII 1953 Medan North Sumatra 13 20–27 September 1953 West JavaIV 1957 Makassar South Sulawesi 17 27 September–6 October 1957 JakartaV 1961 Bandung West Java 23 23 September–1 October 1961 West JavaVI1 1965 Jakarta Jakarta N/A 8 October–10 November 1965 -VII 1969 Surabaya East Java 26 26 August–6 September 1969 JakartaVIII 1973 Jakarta Jakarta 26 4–15 August 1973 JakartaIX 1977 Jakarta Jakarta 26 23 July–3 August 1977 JakartaX 1981 Jakarta Jakarta 27 19–30 September 1981 JakartaXI 1985 Jakarta Jakarta 27 9–20 September 1985 JakartaXII 1989 Jakarta Jakarta 27 18–28 October 1989 JakartaXIII 1993 Jakarta Jakarta 27 9–19 September 1993 JakartaXIV 1996 Jakarta Jakarta 26 9–25 September 1996 JakartaXV 2000 Surabaya East Java 26 19 June–1 July 2000 East JavaXVI 2004 Palembang South Sumatra 30 2–14 September 2004 JakartaXVII 2008 Samarinda East Kalimantan 33 6–17 July 2008 East JavaXVIII 2012 Pekanbaru Riau 33 9–20 September 2012 JakartaXIX 2016 Bandung West Java 34 17–29 September 2016 West JavaXX 2021 Jayapura Papua 34 2–15 October 2021 West JavaXXI 2024 Banda Aceh–Medan Aceh–North Sumatra 39 9–20 September 2024 West JavaXXII 2028 West–East Nusa Tenggara

1 cancelled because of the 30 September Movement 2 originally 20 October–2 November 2020, postponed because of COVID-19 pandemic

List of champions Jakarta has become the province with the most overall championship titles in PON which has been held since 1948 in Surakarta.

No.ProvinceOverall ChampionTotal1Jakarta1957, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2004, 2012112West Java1951, 1953, 1961, 2016, 2021, 202463East Java2000, 200824Central Java194811

1 Overall champion as Surakarta Residency

PON Remaja (National Youth Sports Week) In September 2010, Indonesian Minister of Youth and Sport Affairs, Andi Mallarangeng, decided to create a youth version of Pekan Olahraga Nasional. Concerns due to failure of Indonesian contingent in the 2010 Youth Olympics was the background of the event's creation. The first PON Remaja was originally scheduled for 2013, but it was moved to 2014 due to financial problems.

Editions GamesYearHost provinceDatesWinnerI 2014 East Java 9–15 December 2014 East JavaII 2017 Central Java Cancelled

Pekan Paralimpik Nasional (National Paralympic Week)

The National Paralympic Week (), abbreviated as Peparnas, is multi-sport event for Indonesian athletes with disabilities. It was known as Pekan Olahraga Cacat Nasional (Porcanas) until 2008 edition and held separately with PON until 2004.

Editions GamesYearHost cityHost provinceTop provinceI 1957 Surakarta Central Java Central JavaII 1959 Surakarta Central Java Central JavaIII 1964 Surakarta Central Java West JavaIV 1969 Yogyakarta Yogyakarta Special Region West JavaV 1972 Bandung West Java JakartaVI 1975 Makassar South Sulawesi South SulawesiVII 1980 Surakarta Central Java JakartaVII 1984 Surakarta Central Java Central JavaIX 1988 Malang East Java JakartaX 1993 Yogyakarta Yogyakarta Special Region JakartaXI 1998 Bandung West Java West JavaXII 2004 Palembang South Sumatra West JavaXIII 2008 Samarinda East Kalimantan Central JavaXIV 2012 Pekanbaru Riau Central JavaXV 2016 Bandung West Java West JavaXVI 2021 Jayapura Papua West JavaXVII 2024 Surakarta Central Java Central JavaXVIII 2028 TBA West–East Nusa Tenggara Future event

References

Kompas newspaper, pp, 1,10, 6 July 2008