From the Communist boycott to Peter Ueberroth's free-market capitalism, the 1984 Los Angeles Games rebranded the Olympic movement. In celebration of its 30th anniversary, this volume examines the global legacies of the LA Games, including the rise of Olympic commercialism, the shifting participation of women, new challenges to anti-doping enforcement, and the many complex ways politics merged with international sport. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Prologue - LA84: An Olympic Revolution 1. The Russians are Not Coming: The USSR's Non- Participation in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games 2. Radio Free Europe and the Politics of Accreditation at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games 3. Circumventing Apartheid: Racial Politics and the Issue of South Africa's Olympic Participation at the 1984 Los Angeles Games 4. Going the Distance: The 1984 Olympic Women's Marathon 5. Manufactured Dope: How the 1984 U.S. Olympic Cycling Team Rewrote the Rules on Drugs in Sport 6. Argentina and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 7. Why 1984 Medalist Li Ning Lit the Flame at the Beijing 2008 Olympics: The Contribution of the Los Angeles Olympics to China's Market Reforms 8. Sports Infrastructure, Legacy, and the Paradox of the 1984 Olympic Games 9.Peter Ueberroth's Los Angeles Olympic Legacy Epilogue - Global Television and Transformation: The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics