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1987 european junior championships birmingham, united kingdom 4th 20 km walk 1:18:59 (or)
what was the name of the competition that took place before the olympic games in 1996 ?
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World Championships
select c2 from w where c1_number < ( select c1_number from w where c2 = 'olympic games' and c1_number = 1996 ) order by c1_number desc limit 1