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The women’s 100 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 13–15 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China.Germany’s Britta Steffen blasted a new Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event. Coming from eighth place in the turn she posted a time of 53.12 to edge out Australia’s world record holder and top favorite Lisbeth Trickett by 0.04 of a second. Swimming in lane eight Trickett earned a silver with an outside record time of 53.16.

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