In this report, the effects of perceived motivational climate and state of anxiety on the performance of competitive gymnastic athletes were investigated. Subjects of this survey were those competitors who participated in the 1997 Taiwanese Gymnastic Competition. The 95 surveyed athletes consisted of 36 male and 59 female with an average age at 16 years old. The athletes were asked to fill out the questionnaires one hour before their respective contests. The data were analyzed by the Pearson product-moment correlation, stepwise regression analysis, Logistic of Regression Analysis and analysis of variance. The following results were obtained: (1) Atheletes with stronger perceptions of ego-oriented climates had higher pre-game somatic and cognitive anxieties. (2) The more experienced Athletes had higher confidence and better performance. (3) The pre game self- confidence was positively related to the task-oriented climate. The self-oriented climate was positively related to the pre game cognition and somatic anxiety. The athletes' performance was negatively correlated to the somatic anxiety and the cognitive anxiety. (4) The athletes with higher task-oriented climates perception had lower ego-oriented climates, somatic anxiety and cognitive anxiety. They also had higher confidence and better performance could be expected from them. (5) Differences of perceived motivational climate and state of anxiety between male and female athletes were insignificant.