(1.School of Physical Education,Nanjing Normal University,Nanjing 210046,China;2.Department of Physical Education,Institute of Technology of Changshu,Changshu 215500,China;3.School of Physical Education,Soochow University,Suzhou 215021,China) Abstract: By means of field investigation, interviewing and literature data analysis, the author performed an in-depth analysis on the characteristics of Nantong regional culture, therefrom probed into the cultural causes for the occurrence of the “Nantong Phenomenon” of Olympic champions, and put forward the following opinions: unique regional culture is the cultural soil for the formation of the “Nantong Phenomenon” of Olympic champions; mag-nificent sports history tradition cultivated cultural genes for the formation of the “Nantong Phenomenon” of Olym-pic champions; orderly environmental culture is the cultural nutrition for the occurrence of the “Nantong Phenome-non” of Olympic champions; flourishing mass sport culture is the cultural foundation stone for the occurrence of the “Nantong Phenomenon” of Olympic champions; rich sports spiritual culture is core driving power for the occur-rence of the “Nantong Phenomenon” of Olympic champions. Key words: sport sociology;Olympic champion;Nantong Phenomenon;regional culture |