2024 Pekan Olahraga Nasional

Pekan Olahraga Nasional XXI

Host city	Aceh North Sumatra
Motto	Bersatu Kita Juara! (Together we are champion!)
Events	46 events
Opening	9 September 2024
Closing	20 September 2024
Ceremony venue	Harapan Bangsa Stadium (opening) Teladan Stadium (closing)
Website	ponxxi.acehprov.go.id ponxxi.sumutprov.go.id
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The National Sports Week 2024 (Indonesian: Pekan Olahraga Nasional XXI, abbreviated as PON XXI) also called as PON ACEH-SUMUT 2024 is the twenty first edition of the National Sports Week (PON) which is a major national multi-sport event which take place from 9 to 20 September 2024 with Aceh and North Sumatra as host.

This edition marks the first time PON has been held by two provinces at once, also marks the second time it has been held in North Sumatra (previously in 1953), and the first time it has been held in Aceh. This is the fourth time PON has been held in Sumatra (previously Medan 1953, Palembang 2004, Pekanbaru 2012) and the first time since 2012. The youngest provinces, Southwest Papua, Highland Papua, Central Papua and South Papua will make their debut at the PON XXI event.

PON XXI also commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Aceh and North Sumatra tsunami disaster, which occurred on December 26, 2004.

The selection of the host took place at the Extraordinary National Sports Conference (Musornaslub) of National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI) on 24 April 2018, at the Bidakara Hotel, South Jakarta. This selection was made through a voting mechanism which was attended by KONI representatives from 34 provinces throughout Indonesia.^[1]

Host provinces	Votes
Aceh– North Sumatra	24 votes
Bali– West Nusa Tenggara	8 votes
South Kalimantan	2 votes

The North Sumatra government has prepared 100 hectares to build the Sumut Sport Centre for 2024 PON in Kualanamu, Deli Serdang Regency. The North Sumatra Provincial Government has also prepared 300 hectares of land in Sena Village, Batang Kuis, Deli Serdang Regency. Meanwhile, the Aceh government is preparing 240 hectares.^[2]

The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place on 8 September 2024. The ceremony will take place at Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Banda Aceh.^[3]

The National Sports Week 2024 (PON XXI) will feature 46 sports.^[4]

Eight sports will be competed as exhibitions at the XXI 2024 National Sports Week (PON) in Aceh and North Sumatra. The eight sports are ice skating, padel, teqball, floorball, pickleball, mixed martial arts, beach handball and horseback archery.^[5]

All the 38 provinces of Indonesia will compete at this event, including the youngest provinces, Southwest Papua, Highland Papua, Central Papua and South Papua will make their debut at the PON event.

The following schedule is correct as of the latest update. The exact schedule can change up until the end of the games.

All times and dates use Western Indonesia Time (UTC+7)

  *   Host nation (Aceh and North Sumatra

– As of September 07, 2024)

2024 Pekan Olahraga Nasional medal tablesports.^[6]

Rank	Province	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	West Java	10	11	12	33
2	East Java	10	6	10	26
3	Jakarta	7	14	6	27
4	Lampung	7	5	2	14
5	North Sumatra*	7	0	2	9
6	Riau	6	4	3	13
7	Aceh*	5	4	3	12
8	Bali	3	2	3	8
9	Papua	3	0	2	5
10	South Kalimantan	2	0	2	4
11	Banten	2	0	1	3
	Special Region of Yogyakarta	2	0	1	3
13	Central Papua	2	0	0	2
14	Jambi	1	3	3	7
15	South Sulawesi	1	1	1	3
16	West Papua	1	0	1	2
17	Central Java	0	4	8	12
18	South Sumatra	0	4	4	8
19	West Sumatra	0	2	1	3
20	Southwest Papua	0	2	0	2
21	East Kalimantan	0	1	1	2
	East Nusa Tenggara	0	1	1	2
23	South Papua	0	1	0	1
24	West Kalimantan	0	0	1	1
25	Bangka Belitung	0	0	0	0
	Bengkulu	0	0	0	0
	Central Kalimantan	0	0	0	0
	Central Sulawesi	0	0	0	0
	Gorontalo	0	0	0	0
	Highland Papua	0	0	0	0
	Maluku	0	0	0	0
	North Kalimantan	0	0	0	0
	North Maluku	0	0	0	0
	North Sulawesi	0	0	0	0
	Riau Islands	0	0	0	0
	Southeast Sulawesi	0	0	0	0
	West Nusa Tenggara	0	0	0	0
	West Sulawesi	0	0	0	0
Totals (38 entries)		69	65	68	202

• Official website of North Sumatra Event Committee (in Indonesian)
• Official website of Aceh Event Committee (in Indonesian)