National Sports Week

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.

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File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM President Soekarno en vice-president Hatta tijdens de opening van de Nationale Olympische Week (Pekan Olahraga Nasional) te Jakarta TMnr 10017924.jpg and Vice President Mohammad Hatta at the PON II 1951 opening ceremony in Jakarta]]

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¹ cancelled because of the 30 September Movement

² originally 20 October–2 November 2020, postponed because of COVID-19 pandemic{{Cite web|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/1331914/papua-pon-2020-postponed-due-to-pandemic|title=Papua PON 2020 Postponed Due to Pandemic|last=Afifa|first=Laila|date=2020-04-15|website=Tempo|language=en|access-date=2020-04-16}}

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

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.{{cite news|title=Menpora Canangkan PON Remaja|url=http://olahraga.kompas.com/read/2010/09/01/18131181/Menpora.Canangkan.PON.Remaja|access-date=1 March 2015|work=Kompas|date=1 September 2010|language=id}} The first PON Remaja was originally scheduled for 2013, but it was moved to 2014 due to financial problems.{{cite news|title=Dana Terbatas, PON Remaja Hanya Perlombakan 15 Cabang|url=http://berita.suaramerdeka.com/sport/dana-terbatas-pon-remaja-hanya-perlombakan-15-cabang/|access-date=1 March 2015|work=Suara Merdeka|date=5 December 2014}}

File:Upacara Pembukaan Pekan Paralimpiade Nasional 2024.jpg, Surakarta.]]

The National Paralympic Week ({{langx|id|Pekan Paralimpiade Nasional}}), 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.{{cite web|title=Sejarah Peparnas|url=http://www.pon-peparnas2016jabar.go.id/profil/section/sejarah_peparnas|website=PON Peparnas Jabar 2016|access-date=9 September 2016|language=id}}

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

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