diff --git a/contains-duplicate/SamTheKorean.go b/contains-duplicate/SamTheKorean.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7a58b94d
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+++ b/contains-duplicate/SamTheKorean.go
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+// TC : O(n) : it iterates for the length of nums
+// SC : O(n) : hashmap is created with the size of nums
+
+func containsDuplicate(nums []int) bool {
+    hashmap := make(map[int]bool)
+
+    for i:=0;i<len(nums);i++ {
+        if hashmap[nums[i]] {
+            return true
+        }
+
+        hashmap[nums[i]] = true
+    }
+
+    return false
+}
+