Purpose: of this study was to investigate the effects of emotional intelligence and perceived coaching on burnout for korean, chinese swimming athletes. Methods: emotional intelligence, perceived coaching behaviour, burnout questionnaire was asked 97 korean, 88 chinese swimming athletes. we conducted the exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach α Analysis to found out construct validity and reliability. independe t-test used for difference between korea and china. quartile split used for turning the continuous variable, emotional intelligence and perceived coaching behaviour, into a 3 categorical levels and the data were analyzed using ANOVA. finally we conducted regression analysis. Results: first, korean swimming athletes showed more higher burnout than chinese. but chinese swimming athletes showed more higher emotional intelligece and perceived coaching behavior than korean. second, burnout was significantly different according to the level of perceived coaching behavior. third, burnout was influenced by perceived coaching behavior. Conclusions: findings suggest that the difference of variables with their cultural backgrounds will contribute to the cross-cultural study. Finally we discussed cross cultural psychology on that results and proposed athletes’ burnout.