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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between participation motivation, exercise satisfaction and life satisfaction affecting sport for all participants between urban and rural areas. In order to achieve these purposes, a questionnaire survey was conducted with 505 people with sport for all participants who participated in urban and rural areas sports for all center. For data analysis, SPSS 17.0 program was operated, and analyzed such as EFA, reliability, t-test, correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression were implemented to achieve the study aims. The following conclusions were obtained. First, it was shown that all factors were higher in sport for all participants in urban areas than those in sport for all participants in rural areas. In other words, sport for all participants had higher health and social factors in participation motivation. Facility factor, program factor and access factor among exercise satisfaction factors were higher in urban areas. In addition, social health factor in life satisfaction factor was higher in urban areas. Second, the correlation between participation motivation, exercise satisfaction and life satisfaction showed positive at significant level between each sub-factor. Third, pleasure motivation, health motivation and psychological satisfaction factors were shown as factors of participation motivation and exercise satisfaction affecting life satisfaction in both urban and rural areas. Taken all together, levels of exercise satisfaction and life satisfaction of sport for all participants were lower in rural area than those in urban area. Therefore, as a way to improve level of sport for all in the rural areas, sport for all facilities should be enhanced and various sport for all program should be developed in order to encourage people in urban area to easily participate in sport for all. In order to achieve these objectives, it is urgently required to ensure the talented sport for all coach. In addition, the limitations of this study and subsequent follow-up studies are presented as follows. First, there are problems related to subjects and methods of study. Since subjects of study are limited to Gangwon Province areas, the issue of representativeness in the sample could be raised up. It is determined to carry out the study considering more various samples in future study. Second, in this study, variables affecting life satisfaction in urban and rural areas were set as mediators for only participation motivation and exercise satisfaction and studied. It seems that various mediators may exist except affecting life satisfaction of sport for all participants. It is thought that various variables affecting life satisfaction of sport for all participants should be comprehensively identified and analyzed in the future studies.