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These Los Angeles Summer Games used extensive private sponsorship and were boycotted by the Soviet Union.

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The 1984 Los Angeles Games relied heavily on private funding and existing venues. They produced a surplus that supported later sporting programmes. Source: 1984 Summer Olympics ↗

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