Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
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.