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1 Department of Physical Education，Tsinghua University，Beijing，China
2 Department of Physical Education，Jiangxi Normal University，Nanchang，China
Introduction ：China is undergoing unprecedented social transformation，within which，assimilation and differentiation form the basic features of urban development.The city is faced with an unavoidable major social problem along with the stratification of urban society and the migration of rural population into cities.It is significant and meaniningful for the sociological scholars to probe into the effects of urban mass sports on the social integration of urban inhabitants.The present study，starting from the prospective of social capital，analyzes the relationship between urban sport participation and social integration.
Methods ：Based on the theories on social capital and social integration，using the features of China under social transformation，four research hypotheses are proposed on the relationship between urban sport participation and social integration，with the application of logic and induction.
Results ：Individual social capital refers to the social resources which exists in one’s individual social network.The network scale，network zenith，network range，network density and career types are among the main indexes of individual social capital.Mass sport participation is one instrument for interpersonal relations，with which，Hypothesis One is suggested：the extent of individual sport participation can significantly enlarge the social network scale，lower the network density and raise the career types of social network，hence the quantities of individual social capital would increase in pace with the individual involvement of mass sports.The intensive and extentsive social contact between one individual and the others is a key factor for social integration enhancement，which precipitates Hypothesis Two：the quantities of individual social capital would contributes to the likelihood of social integration.Personal relations being deeply influenced by social economic status leads to Hypothesis Three：individula sport involvement can not noticeably improve the social network zenith，or enlarge the network range，therefore，individual social sport involvement will not remarkbly raise the quality of individual social capital.Narrowdown of individual social network zenith and range leads to the homogenization of personal relations，eventually makes the differentiation of social groups；then comes Hypothesis four：individual sport participation is only confined to the people of the same social class，so makes no contribution to the social integration on middle and macro levels.
Discussion/ Conclusion ：Sport participation can increase the quantities of individual social capital，accordingly enhance social integration on micro level but not on middle and macro levels.The government can create new ways to solve social integrative problems via facilitating mass sport development.