<page_title> Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley </page_title> <section_title> Final </section_title> <table> <cell> Amanda Beard <col_header> Swimmer </col_header> </cell> <cell> United States <col_header> Nation </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2:11.70 <col_header> Time </col_header> </cell> <cell> AM <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> <cell> Kirsty Coventry <col_header> Swimmer </col_header> </cell> <cell> Zimbabwe <col_header> Nation </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2:12.72 <col_header> Time </col_header> </cell> <cell> AF <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
American swimmer Amanda Beard took the silver, with an American record time of 2:11.70, while Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, on the other hand, broke an African record of 2:12.72 to earn the bronze medal.