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The purpose of this study is to examine the phase of women's Sport-for-All participation in Korea by analyzing the results of "National Survey on Sport-for-All", which has been conducted 7 times from 1985 to 2006 For this study, the data were collected by the sample and results of "National Survey on Sport-for-All". Variables used in this study were 1) Rate of women's sports participation, 2) Frequency and intensity of women's sports participation, 3) Women's participating sport activity items, 4) Motivation and constraints of women's sports participation. To analyze the data, frequency and % were computed into male, female, and housewives, combining them into a total showing the annual changes. The major findings of this study were as follows; First, the rate of women's participation on Sport-for-All showed dramatically increasing phase. This aspect, even lower than men, had increased from 2000. Second, the rate of women's complete non-participation on Sport-for-All decreased and the frequency and intensity of participation on Sport-for-All increased. The rate of women's participation in sport clubs however, represented very lower aspects than men's. Third, jogging, stretching, mountain climbing, and badminton stand for the favorite sport items of women's participation on Sport-for-All. And some sports that the women desired to join were listed such as swimming, tennis, and weight training. Fourth, main reasons of the women's participation on Sport-for-All were revealed of health promotion and weight control. And the cause of non-participation displayed in deficiency of time and laziness.