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The women’s 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 15–17 August at the Beijing National Stadium the first time this event had ever been held at the Olympics.The qualifying standards were 9:46.00 (A standard) and 9:55.00 (B standard).In the final Gulnara Samitova-Galkina of Russia became the first woman in history to run under 9 minutes for the steeplechase setting a world record time of 8:58.81.

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