Pekan Olahraga Nasional XVII

Host city	Samarinda
Motto	Kita semua satu! (We Are All One!)
Athletes	7,946
Events	43 sports [1]
Opening	5 July
Closing	17 July
Opened by	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President of Indonesia
Athlete's Oath	M. Said [2]
Judge's Oath	Andi Irwansyah
Torch lighter	Alfons Liung
Ceremony venue	Palaran Stadium, Samarinda, East Kalimantan
←  Palembang 2004 Pekanbaru 2012 →

2008 Pekan Olahraga National or the Indonesia National Games XVII were a major multi-sport event in Indonesia which took place in Samarinda, East Kalimantan from 5–17 July 2008. A total of 7,946 athletes participated in the biggest-ever Pekan Olahraga Nasional and also the first on the island of Borneo. These games make Samarinda the second city to host Pekan Olahraga Nasional outside of the island of Java and Sumatra, after Makassar hosted the 1957 Pekan Olahraga Nasional.

Samarinda was awarded the right to host the games over three competitors, Pekanbaru, Bandung, and Semarang. Later, Pekanbaru was chosen to be the host of eighteenth edition of the games in 2012.

Host selection

Mascots

Mascots for the games are three endangered species of the East Kalimantan province and also representing three elements: land, water, and air.

• Hornbill
• Mahakam dolphin
• Orangutan

Sports

Co-hosts

Although Samarinda is the main host for the games, several sports also played in other cities in East Kalimantan, they are:

• Balikpapan
• Berau
• Bontang
• Kutai Kartanegara
• Tarakan

Medal table

Rank	Status [3]	Province	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	2	East Java	139	113	111	363
2	1	Jakarta	119	117	122	358
3	9	East Kalimantan	116	111	115	342
4	3	West Java	101	84	132	317
5	4	Central Java	52	81	80	213
6	10	South Sulawesi	25	23	28	76
7	12	North Sumatra	20	11	29	60
8		Lampung	18	12	19	49
9	14	Bali	16	18	26	60
10	11	Riau	16	14	23	53
11	7	Papua	14	21	17	52
12	13	North Sulawesi	14	11	16	41
13	15	Yogyakarta	12	16	21	49
14	5	South Sumatra	12	11	17	40
15	6	Jambi	11	17	28	56
16	21	West Sumatra	8	16	38	62
17		Southeast Sulawesi	8	5	12	25
18	16	South Kalimantan	7	6	10	23
19	[4]	West Papua	7	1	7	15
20	25	Maluku	6	2	16	24
21	18	West Kalimantan	5	14	11	30
22	20	Banten	5	12	30	47
23	22	Aceh	4	4	10	18
24	19	East Nusa Tenggara	3	4	6	13
25	23	West Nusa Tenggara	3	3	9	15
26	24	Central Kalimantan	2	9	9	20
27	[4]	Riau Islands	2	5	1	8
28		Bengkulu	2	2	5	9
29	26	Bangka Belitung	1	2	4	7
30	29	North Maluku	1	1	3	5
31	27	Central Sulawesi	0	3	6	9
32	30	Gorontalo	0	0	1	1
33	[4]	West Sulawesi	0	0	1	1
Total			749	749	962	2460

References

External links

• (in Indonesian) Situs web resmi
• (in Indonesian) Jadwal pertandingan PON XVII Kaltim
• (in Indonesian) PON XVII Terancam Dipindah
• (in Indonesian) Jumlah peserta menurut provinsi dari Sekretariat PON XVII-2008

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