The 2016 XIX National Sports Week (PON) held in West Java saw the highest number of gold medals ever competed for. A total of 756 gold medals were contested across 44 sports in the national championship, held across 15 regencies/cities throughout West Java.
As the host, West Java became the overall champion with 217 gold medals, surpassing East Java which came in second with 132 gold medals. Meanwhile, Jakarta had to settle for third place despite having the same number of gold medals as East Java, losing out due to a 13-medal silver deficit.
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