 She qualified for the women's 100 metres final, and finished in second place, winning the silver medal in her first international athletics event.Fanny Blankers-Koen won the gold medal in first place with a time of 11.9, while Manley's time was 12.2, just ahead of Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, who registered the same time.Manley described her start in the race as the "best of her life", having described her normal starts as notoriously bad.