Beijing saw a swift development of mass sports in 2002. Over 5.44 million Beijing residents participated in regular physic exercises.  Ninety five per cent and above of primary, secondary and tertiary students met their respective physic exercise requirements. 

There were nearly 3,000 sport grounds established for ordinary Beijing residents to carry out morning and evening exercises.  Annual investment from the Beijing government on sports facilities targeting ordinary Beijing people totaled 180 million Yuan (nearly 21.69 million U.S. dollars). 

By the end of 2002, there are altogether 4,674 various sport grounds and gyms in Beijing.

Beijing also saw steady improvement in terms of professional sports competition. 

By the end of 2002, Beijing hosted 37 international and national competitions, 21 local competitions and 28 competitions participated by ordinary Beijing people. 

Beijing won 110 medals from international and national sports competitions, among which 45 were gold medals and 36 silver ones.  At the 2002 Pusan Asian Games, fifty-seven Beijing athletes and 17 coaches have been chosen to take part in 24 sports competitions on behalf of China.  Twelve of them won 20 gold medals, eight silver medals and five bronze medals from seven sports competitions.