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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 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 Surakarta, 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 organized 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.

[edit] Venues

Games	Year	Host City	Province	Dates	Winner
I	1948	Surakarta	Central Java	8 September—12 September 1948	Central Java
II	1951	Jakarta	Jakarta	21 October—28 October 1951	West Java
III	1953	Medan	North Sumatra	20 September—27 September 1953	West Java
IV	1957	Makassar	South Sulawesi	27 September—6 October 1957	Jakarta
V	1961	Bandung	West Java	23 September—1 October 1961	West Java
VI 1	1965	Jakarta	Jakarta	8 October—10 November 1965	-
VII	1969	Surabaya	East Java	26 August—6 September 1969	Jakarta
VIII	1973	Jakarta	Jakarta	4 August—15 August 1973	Jakarta
IX	1977	Jakarta	Jakarta	23 July—3 August 1977	Jakarta
X	1981	Jakarta	Jakarta	19 September—30 September 1981	Jakarta
XI	1985	Jakarta	Jakarta	9 September—20 September 1985	Jakarta
XII	1989	Jakarta	Jakarta	18 October—28 October 1989	Jakarta
XIII	1993	Jakarta	Jakarta	9 September—19 September 1993	Jakarta
XIV	1996	Jakarta	Jakarta	9 September—25 September 1996	Jakarta
XV	2000	Surabaya	East Java	19 June—1 July 2000	East Java
XVI	2004	Palembang	South Sumatra	2 September—14 September 2004	Jakarta
XVII	2008	Samarinda	East Kalimantan	6 July—17 July 2008	East Java
XVIII	2012	Pekanbaru	Riau	2012
XIX	2016	Bandung	West Java	2016