2021 Pekan Olahraga Nasional

The XX National Sports Week (Indonesian: Pekan Olahraga Nasional XX, abbreviated as PON XX), also called PON XX Papua or PON Papua 2021, was the twentieth edition of the Indonesian National Sports Week, hosted by Papua. The event took place from 2 October to 15 October 2021. Lukas Enembe Stadium was the main venue for this edition, both the opening and closing ceremonies. This event was originally going to be held in 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19 pandemic. This edition was the first PON held in the province, as well as in the Western New Guinea region and Eastern Indonesian Time areas.

Bids

Papua successfully defeated Bali and Aceh to host PON XX / 2020. Gaining the most votes in the voting for the prospective host of the National Sports Week (PON) XX in 2020 by winning 66 votes at the Annual Member Meeting of the National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI).

Venue

Lukas Enembe Stadium in Jayapura Regency

There are one city and three regencies that will host the 2021 PON: Jayapura City, Jayapura Regency, Merauke Regency, and Mimika Regency.

Games

Sport

The 2020 edition will feature more sports than the previous edition. Based on KONI Decree No. 100 of 2019, a total of 56 sports were competed in the games. Previously, the central KONI determined a number of 47 sports to be competed, but returned later to 56 according to the hosts ability. Ten sports that were removed were cycling, bridge, dance, gateball, golf, petanque, water skiing, soft tennis, table tennis and woodball. Meanwhile, electronic sports are also competed as an exhibition sport.

Participating Provincial Sports Committees

Medal table

A total of 2212 medals—688 gold, 675 silver, and 849 bronze—were awarded to athletes.

  *   Host nation (Papua)

2021 Pekan Olahraga Nasional medal table

Rank	Province	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	West Java	133	105	115	353
2	Jakarta	111	91	99	301
3	East Java	110	89	88	287
4	Papua*	93	66	102	261
5	Bali	28	25	53	106
6	Central Java	27	47	64	138
7	East Kalimantan	25	33	42	100
8	Riau	21	25	21	67
9	West Nusa Tenggara	15	11	12	38
10	Lampung	14	10	12	36
11	South Sulawesi	11	13	13	37
12	Aceh	11	7	11	29
13	North Sumatra	10	22	23	55
14	Banten	10	5	26	41
15	Special Region of Yogyakarta	8	12	18	38
	West Sumatra	8	12	18	38
17	South Sumatra	8	4	17	29
18	Jambi	6	10	13	29
19	East Nusa Tenggara	5	10	9	24
20	Southeast Sulawesi	5	5	5	15
21	Maluku	5	4	6	15
22	South Kalimantan	4	9	12	25
23	North Sulawesi	4	6	11	21
24	West Papua	3	14	15	32
25	West Kalimantan	3	5	6	14
26	Central Kalimantan	2	6	5	13
27	Riau Islands	2	5	4	11
28	Gorontalo	2	1	2	5
29	Central Sulawesi	1	5	6	12
30	Bengkulu	1	4	7	12
31	Bangka Belitung	1	2	8	11
32	North Kalimantan	1	1	2	4
33	North Maluku	0	0	3	3
34	West Sulawesi	0	0	2	2
Totals (34 entries)		688	664	850	2202

External links

• Official website (in Indonesian)