Based on the survey on Chongqing elderly participation in leisure sports, via the research methods such as literature and materials, questionnaire, mathematical statistics and so on, this paper investigates and analyzes the status quo of elderly participation in leisure sports activities in Chongqing and their impact factors. The results show that Chongqing elderly have strong awareness to participate in physical exercises mainly by running, walking and square dance, that physical exercise items are not diversified, that the consumption level of the elderly is low, and that the exercise sites include some costfree sites such as public gymnasiums, squares, parks and so on. The main factors affecting the elderly leisure sports participation consist of lack of public sports facilities, imperfect social sports management service mechanism, short of scientific sports fitness knowledge and so on. According to the existed problems in Chongqing elderly leisure sports, some improving suggestions are provided for reference.