 After a long talk with her husband, she decided to run anyway, and qualified for the final with great ease.The final, on 6 August, was again held in the pouring rain, but Blankers-Koen completed the inaugural Olympic 200 m for women in 24.4, seven-tenths of a second ahead of runner-up Audrey Williamson – still the largest margin of victory in an Olympic 200 m final.Audrey Patterson placed in third, thereby becoming the first African American woman to win an Olympic medal.