본 연구는 2020 도쿄올림픽 중국 금·은·동메달리스트의 심리경험과 메달에 따른 심리경험 특징을 탐색할 목적으로 진행하였다. 2020년 도쿄올림픽 중국 메달리스트를 대상으로 한 979개 심리경험 인터뷰를 원자료로 채택하여, 귀납적 내용분석을 진행하고 금·은·동메달리스트의심리경험 빈도비율을 산출해 비교하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 2020 도쿄올림픽 중국메달리스트의 심리경험은 목표의식, 훈련과정, 기술숙달, 성공적컨디셔닝 등 세부영역으로 범주화하였으며, 세부영역은 대회준비, 컨디셔닝 성패, 사명감 등 일반영역으로 범주화하였다. 둘째, 2020 도쿄올림픽 중국 금메달리스트의 심리경험 빈도비율은 대회준비, 사명감과 감사, 경기운영 주도권 순으로, 은메달리스트의 심리경험 빈도비율은 컨디셔닝 성패, 대회준비, 경기운영 주도권 순으로, 동메달리스트의 심리경험 빈도비율은 컨디셔닝 성패, 대회준비, 경기운영 주도권 순으로 나타났다. 셋째, 2020 도쿄올림픽 중국 올림픽 금메달메달리스트의 심리경험 세부영역 빈도비율은 목표의식, 투지, 훈련과정, 국위선양 순으로나타났고, 심리컨디셔닝, 컨디션난조는 도출되지 않았다. 은메달리스트의 세부영역 빈도비율은 컨디션난조, 목표의식, 심리컨디셔닝, 훈련과정순으로, 동메달리스트의 세부영역 빈도비율은 투지, 목표의식, 컨디션난조, 국위선양 순으로 나타났다. 넷째, 2020 도쿄올림픽 중국 금·은· 동메달리스트 심리경험의 세부영역 빈도비율은 목표의식, 훈련과정, 성공적컨디셔닝은 금·은·동메달리스트 구분 없이 빈도비율이 높은 반면, 기술숙달, 컨디션난조 등은 금·은·동메달리스트 사이 빈도비율의 차이가 있다.
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychological experiences of the Chinese gold, silver and bronze medalists in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games per their medal type. 979 psychological experience interviews with Chinese medalists at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were adopted as raw materials, and inductive content analysis was conducted, and the frequency ratio of psychological experiences of gold, silver, and bronze medalists was calculated and compared. First, the psychological experiences of Chinese medalists at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were categorized into detailed areas such as goal consciousness, training process, skill proficiency, and successful con- ditioning, and general areas such as competition preparation, conditioning success, and mission. Second, the frequency ratio of psycho- logical experience of Chinese gold medalists at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is in the order of preparation for the competition, sense of duty and gratitude, and leadership in the operation of the game. In case of the silver medalists, the most frequent psychological experience was conditioning, followed by preparation for the competition, hegemony of the game in their order. In case of the bronze medalists, the most frequent experience was conditioning, followed by preparation for the competition, hegemony of the game in their order. Thirdly, the frequency ratio of the Chinese Olympic gold medalists in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the detailed areas of psychological experience was in the order of goal, followed by fighting spirit, training process, national prestige in their order. No evidence was found in terms of psychological conditioning and bad condition. The silver medalists’most frequent psychological experience was bad condition, followed by sense of goal, psychological conditioning, training process in their order. The bronze medalists’most frequent psychological experience was fighting spirit, followed by sense of goal, bad condition, national prestige in their order. Fourthly, the most frequent experiences in common among the medalists were sense of goal, training process, successful conditioning, while the psychological experiences differed among them in terms of perfection of the techniques, and bad condition.