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In this study, it was aimed to examine the leisure motivations of individuals who participated in sports recreational during the Covid-19 pandemic and which sports they engaged to in this process. For this purpose, "Leisure Time Motivation Scale" developed by Pelletier et al. (1991), first adapted to Turkish by Mutlu (2008) and second by Güngörmüş (2012), was used as a data collection tool. 291 (138 women, 153 men) athletes selected by random sampling method participated in our study. Independent Samples t test and One-way Anova test were used to analyze the data. Post Hoc LSD test was used to reveal the difference between groups. According to the findings of the study, no statistically significant difference was found in terms of age, gender, athlete license and sports branch variables. The statistically significant result was found in the lack of motivation subscale in the educational status variable. As a result, it was concluded that undergraduate graduates have low motivation levels in leisure time activities. In addition, it was concluded that there was a tendency towards nature sports activities and individual sports.