National Sports Week


The National Sports Week 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.

History

The Indonesian Sports Association 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, 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

GamesYearHost cityHost ProvinceDatesTop province
I1948SurakartaCentral Java88–12 September 1948Central Java
II1951JakartaJakarta1021–28 October 1951West Java
III1953MedanNorth Sumatra1320–27 September 1953West Java
IV1957MakassarSouth Sulawesi1727 September–6 October 1957Jakarta
V1961BandungWest Java2323 September–1 October 1961West Java
VI11965JakartaJakartaN/A8 October–10 November 1965-
VII1969SurabayaEast Java2626 August–6 September 1969Jakarta
VIII1973JakartaJakarta264–15 August 1973Jakarta
IX1977JakartaJakarta2623 July–3 August 1977Jakarta
X1981JakartaJakarta2719–30 September 1981Jakarta
XI1985JakartaJakarta279–20 September 1985Jakarta
XII1989JakartaJakarta2718–28 October 1989Jakarta
XIII1993JakartaJakarta279–19 September 1993Jakarta
XIV1996JakartaJakarta269–25 September 1996Jakarta
XV2000SurabayaEast Java2619 June–1 July 2000East Java
XVI2004PalembangSouth Sumatra302–14 September 2004Jakarta
XVII2008SamarindaEast Kalimantan336–17 July 2008East Java
XVIII2012PekanbaruRiau339–20 September 2012Jakarta
XIX2016BandungWest Java3417–29 September 2016West Java
XX2021JayapuraPapua342–15 October 2021West Java
XXI2024Banda Aceh–MedanAceh–North Sumatra399–20 September 2024West Java
XXII2028West–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 ChampionTotal
1Jakarta1957, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2004, 201211
2West Java1951, 1953, 1961, 2016, 2021, 20246
3East Java2000, 20082
4Central 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.

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 until 2008 edition and held separately with PON until 2004.