The National Sports Week ( id, Pekan Olahraga Nasional, abbreviated as PON) is a
multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
held every four years in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. The participants of this event are the athletes from all
provinces of Indonesia. It is organized by the
National Sports Committee of Indonesia
The National Sports Committee of Indonesia ( id, Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia, abbreviated KONI) is the sports governing body of Indonesia. It was founded in 1946 to unite the various satellite sports associations that was created within the ...
(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 Indonesia
The Empire of Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945. It was one of the most crucial and important periods in modern Indonesian history.
In Ma ...
from 1942 to 1945, sporting activities were coordinated by the Sports Practice Movement. Following the
Indonesian Declaration of Independence
The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence ( id, Proklamasi Kemerdekaan Indonesia, or simply ''Proklamasi'') was read at 10:00 on Friday, 17 August 1945 in Jakarta. The declaration marked the start of the diplomatic and armed resistance of t ...
in 1945, that nation took over the running of its own sport and in January 1946, a conference was held in
Solo, Central Java
Surakarta ( jv, ꦯꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ), known colloquially as Solo ( jv, ꦱꦭ; ), is a city in Central Java, Indonesia. The 44 km2 (16.2 sq mi) city adjoins Karanganyar Regency and Boyolali Regency to the north, Karanganyar Regency and Suko ...
, 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
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. 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
1 ''cancelled because of the
30 September Movement
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''
2 ''originally 20 October–2 November 2020, postponed because of
COVID-19 pandemic
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List of champions
Jakarta has become the province with the most overall championship titles in PON which has been held since 1948 in
Surakarta.
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
Pekan Paralimpik Nasional (National Paralympic Week)
The National Paralympic Week ( id, Pekan Paralimpik Nasional), abbreviated as Peparnas, is
multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
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
References
* ''
Kompas
''Kompas'' () is an Indonesian national newspaper from Jakarta which was founded on 28 June 1965. The paper is published by PT Kompas Media Nusantara, which is a part of Kompas Gramedia Group. Its head office is located at the Kompas Multime ...
'' newspaper, pp, 1,10, 6 July 2008
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Multi-sport events in Indonesia
Indonesia
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