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业余竞技体育已成为美国中学生的一项重要生活内容,特别是高中生(8～12年级),广泛地参加各项竞技体育活动。美刊《奥林匹克运动员》1990年8月号报导,根据美国全国高中体协联合会的调查,1989至1990年美国51个州内参加竞技体育活动的高中生人数比前一年略有增加,达520万人。其中男生3,398,192人,比前一年减少18,652人;女生1,858,659人,比前一年增加19,307人。从历年的统计数字看,1977至1978年美国高中生参加竞技体育活动的人数最多,为6,450,482人。这一数字与美国50年代末和60年代初的人口生育高峰所导致的入学人数剧增有关。近几年,美国高中生参加竞技体育活动的人数较稳定,维持在500万人
Amateur athletics has become an important part of secondary school life in the United States, especially for high school students (grades 8 to 12), participating in various competitive sports activities extensively. According to a survey conducted by the National Association of High School Athletics Association of the United States, the number of high school students participating in competitive sports activities in 51 states between 1989 and 1990 increased slightly from the level of the previous year, according to a survey conducted by the American Journal “Olympic Athletes” in August 1990. 5.2 million people. Among them, 3,398,192 were boys, a decrease of 18,652 from the previous year; 1,858,659 were girls, an increase of 19,307 from the previous year. From the statistics of the calendar year, from 1977 to 1978, the highest number of U.S. high school students took part in competitive sports was 6,450,482. This figure is related to a sharp increase in enrollments as a result of the peak in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In recent years, the number of high school students participating in competitive sports in the United States has been relatively steady, maintaining at 5 million