2011 ASEAN Para Games

6th ASEAN ParaGames

Motto

United & rising through sports for all

Nations participating

Athletes participating

2000

Events

11 sports

Opening ceremony

15 December

Closing ceremony

20 December

Officially opened by

Boediono
Vice-President of the Republic of Indonesia

Officially closed by

Agung Laksono
Coordinating Minister of People's Welfare of the Republic of Indonesia

Ceremony venue

Manahan Stadium, Surakarta

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The 2011 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as 6th ASEAN Para Games, Indonesia 2011 was a multi-sport event held from 15 to 20 December 2011, in Surakarta (Solo),^[1] Central Java, Indonesia. Solo's Manahan Stadium^[2] was the main Games venue.^[3]^[4]

The ASEAN Para Games is traditionally hosted by the same country and sport venues where the Southeast Asian Games took place. Lack of accessible facilities or inexperience in catering to the needs for disabled sport has recently triggered a change of country – Malaysia^[5] rather than Laos for the 2009 ASEAN ParaGames. The trend continues with the substitution of hosting city - Solo rather than Jakarta in this edition of the Para Games. Indonesia hosted the Southeast Asian Games for the fourth time but host the ASEAN Para Games for the first time,^[6] and is the fifth nation to host the ASEAN Para Games after Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines and Thailand.

The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by host Indonesia and Malaysia. Several games, Asian and National records were broken during the games. The games were deemed generally a successful one held in Indonesia which saw the rising standard of disabled sports competition amongst Southeast Asian nations.

Organisation

Organising committee

The Indonesian ASEAN Para Games Organising Committee (INASOC) is the organising committee for the 6th ASEAN Para Games. INASPOC^[6] is chaired by Prof. James Tangkudong under the aegis of the National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia (NPC Indonesia).

Marketing

Logo

The official 6th ASEAN ParaGames Logo includes the ASEAN Para Sports Federation within the Garuda graphic of the 2011 SEA Games logo. The national symbol of Indonesia, the Garuda represents strength, its wings epitomise glory and splendor. The green strokes symbolise the islands, forests and mountainous terrain of the Indonesian archipelago, while the blue strokes represents the vast Nusantara ocean which unifies differences. Land and water or Tanah Air in Indonesian means fatherland. Red strokes represent courage, zeal and burning passion to give the best for the country.^[7]^[8]

Mascot

The Official Mascot.

The official mascot of the ASEAN Para Games 2011 are Modo and Modi,^[9] a pair of Komodo dragons. This mascot was adopted from a real animal endemic to Indonesia. Komodo dragons are found in the Komodo National Park. The dragon was selected as the mascot of the ASEAN Para Games 2011, Indonesia to promote the Komodo National Park as a candidate for the New 7 Wonders of Nature online contest.

Modo is a male Komodo dragon dressed in a dark brown surjan comodo, traditional clothing of Central Java, with dark brown pants and a batik blangkon headcloth (a typical Javanese male headcover). Meanwhile, female dragon Modi wears a fashionable bun konde or wig headdress to accent her batik kebaya.

"Modo," short for Komodo, while "Modo-Modi" is similar to the Indonesian word Muda-Mudi or "youth" which refers to the youth of Indonesia. Modo and Modi are hardworking, honest, fair, friendly and represent sportsmanship. Modo and Modi reflect the positive personality of Indonesia, preserve the harmony of co-operation and promote friendship among participating countries in the ASEAN Para Games.

Host city

The 6th ASEAN Para Games was hosted by Surakarta, Central Java. Better known by its informal name Solo, Surakarta is a popular destination for tourists travelling from nearby Yogyakarta en route for Bali. Surakarta's main tourist attraction Keraton Surakarta, the palace of Susuhunan Pakubuwono is also the Princely Javanese court of Mangkunegaran. Pasar Gede is often visited by tourists, mostly for its unique architecture and fame as the biggest traditional market. Solo is also famous for producing fine quality Javanese batik.

Surakarta is located 60 kilometers from Yogyakarta and shares many UNESCO World Heritage Sites like Candi Borobudur and Candi Prambanan. Candi Ratu Boko, Candi Kalasan, and many other Candi or ancient temples are historical tourist sights. Surakarta is located much closer to Candi Cetho and Candi Sukuh on the slopes of Mount Lawu.

Opening and closing ceremony

Sacred flame taken from the Mrapen eternal flame lit the torch during the opening ceremony held 15 December 2011 in Manahan Stadium. Boediono, the Indonesian Vice-President officially opened the Games.^[10] Batik, the nation and the city's traditional cloth was the main icon in the opening ceremony.^[11]

Pouring rain failed to dampen the spirits of jubilant athletes, fans, officials and entertainers during the closing ceremony held five days later in the same venue. Traditional Javanese dances were performed and the famed marching band from Surakarta State University likewise entertained spectators.^[12] The Games was officially closed by Agung Laksono, Coordinating Minister of People's Welfare of the Republic of Indonesia.^[13]

Athletes village

Wisma Donohudan (Kompleks Haji) in Surakarta was the main athletes village (wisma atlet) during the Games.^[3] Accommodation for athletes and their families, as well as other members of the contingent in Surakarta:

Family Hotel: Hotel Sunan, Surakarta (Solo)
Surakarta Hotels for Technical Officials, Classifiers & ITOs.: Hotel Agas and Hotel Sahid

Sports

Indonesian Paralympic Organising Committee (INASPOC) President James Tangkudung confirmed the 11 sports^[3] selected - archery, athletics, badminton, chess, goalball, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, table tennis, ten pin bowling and wheelchair tennis. Sailing which debuted as a medal sport in the 2009 ASEAN ParaGames, was not included by the organisers in this edition of the Games, despite the 2011 SEA Games edition which includes Sailing in its sport line-up.

Venues and Schedule

Surakarta (Solo) sport venues as of December 2011^[14]

No.	Sports	Code	Venue	Schedule
1	Archery	AR	Sriwedari Stadium	16–19 December 2011
2	Athletics	AT	Manahan Stadium	16–19 December 2011
3	Badminton	BA	Sritex Arena Sports Center	16–19 December 2011
4	Chess	CH	Pendopo Balaikota City Hall	15–19 December 2011
5	Goalball	GB	Nyi Ageng Karang Gymnasium Karanganyar	16–18 December 2011
6	Powerlifting	PO	Gedung Wanita Sport Hall	17–19 December 2011
7	Swimming	SW	Tirtomoyo Manahan Aquatic Centre	16–19 December 2011
8	Table Tennis	TT	Diamond Convention Center	15–20 December 2011
9	Ten-pin bowling	TB	Bengawan Sport Hall	16–19 December 2011
10	Sitting volleyball	VS	Manahan Sports Center	15–19 December 2011
11	Wheelchair tennis	WT	Manahan Tennis Court	15–19 December 2011

Participation

Team sizes

Ten ASEAN members countries plus East Timor^[15] sent an estimated total of 2,000 athletes to compete.

Host nation

	Country	Athlete	Official	Sports Entered
•	Brunei	24	12	3
•	Cambodia	18	19	3
•	Indonesia	235	66	11
•	Laos	7	4	2
•	Malaysia	122	56	10
•	Myanmar	36	21	6
•	Philippines	46	19	6
•	Singapore	32	22	5
•	Thailand	205	91	11
•	Timor-Leste	24	16	5
•	Vietnam	121	48	6
Total		870 athletes	374 official	11 Sports to be contested

Medal table

A total of 1051 medals comprising 380 gold medals, 338 silver medals and 333 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The Host Indonesia's performance was their best ever yet in ASEAN Para Games History and were second only to Thailand as overall champion.