ATHLETICS DEVELOPMENTS IN INDONESIA

athletics is a sport that consists of several types of sports that can broadly be grouped into running sports, throwing sports, and jumping sports. Athletics is pretty much like sprinting, distance running, relay race, beautiful jump, pole vault, javelin sheet, and others.

Indonesia athletics history began when the Government of the Netherlands East Indies (in 1930) enter the sport of Athletics as one of the subjects to be learned in schools at that time. At that time not many people know the sport of athletics. In the first stage of athletic Indonesia is only known in educational environments only. Over time, the increasingly popular athletic sports by people of Indonesia.

Organization called Nederlands NIAU (Indische Athletiek Unie). This organization will be responsible for organizing the games of Athletics, is the first athletic organization established by the Dutch.

In 1930, an organization founded in Medan Sumatra Athletiek athletic as Bond (SAB).The organization is in charge of organizing the race, the race Athletics in junior school, HBS and other private schools.

In Java, the development of athletic sports is characterized by the establishment of various athletic organizations such as IAC in Jakarta and ABA in Surakarta. In the not too distant, Indonesia successfully demonstrated achievement in athletics in the international field. Some athletes who excel in athletics early development include: Tomasoa, M. Murbambang, Harun al-Rashid, Saleh Effendi, Mochtar Saleh, Mohd.Abdulah and Rorimpandey.

Because of Indonesia in the field of athletic achievement is better, then on the 3rd of September 1950 in Semarang formed an organization that houses the athletic sports field named Athletic Association of Indonesia (PASI). Organization's existence is proven by the success of the first race was held under the coordination altetik PASI in the same year.

Currently PASI has managed to bring Indonesia won the athletics sports at various international competitions. The climax is the Sea Games in 1987, Indonesia managed to bring 17 gold medals. Until 2007, Indonesia continued to decline achievement.However PASI still trying to guide the seed to improve the performance of Indonesia.Finally, the Sea Games in December 2009, Indonesia managed to improve his performance with a seventh gold medal at this branch of athletics. 7 gold is not comparable with 1987, but it sure PASI next Sea Games in Indonesia will show better performance.