# 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23 at the Kinsmen Sports Center. The last champion was Brent Lang of US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Matt Biondi (USA) | 48.42 | Austin, United States | August 10, 1988 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Matt Biondi (USA) | 49.17 | Tokyo, Japan | August 16, 1985 |

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

The first round was held on August 23.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Matt Biondi | United States | 49.51 | QA |
| 2 | Shaun Jordan | United States | 49.90 | QA |
| 3 | Jon Olsen | United States | 50.14 | QA |
| 4 | Chris Fydler | Australia | 50.15 | QA |
| 5 | Tom Jager | United States | 50.22 | QA |
| 6 | Joe Hudepohl | United States | 50.43 | QA |
| 7 | Troy Dalbey | United States | 50.79 | QA |
| 8 | John Steel | New Zealand | 50.94 | QA |
| 9 | Andrew Baildon | Australia | 51.04 | QB |
| 10 | Matthew Renshaw | Australia | 51.08 | QB |
| 11 | Sandy Goss | Canada | 51.18 | QB |
| 12 | Tsutomu Nakano | Japan | 51.37 | QB |
| 12 | Darren Lange | Australia | 51.37 | QB |
| 14 | Qiu Jieming | China | 51.59 | QB |
| 15 | Nick Sanders | New Zealand | 51.67 | QB |
| 16 | Sebastien Goulet | Canada | 51.71 | QB |
| 17 | Ron Watson | Canada | 51.76 | |
| 18 | Melvin Stewart | United States | 51.85 | |
| 19 | Michael Wright | Hong Kong | 51.89 | |
| 20 | Dean Kondziolka | Canada | 51.97 | |
| 21 | Robert Abernethy | Australia | 52.04 | |
| 22 | Arthur Li | Hong Kong | 52.06 | |
| 23 | Richard Bera | Indonesia | 52.34 | |
| 24 | Masakatsu Usami | Japan | 52.41 | |
| 25 | Mark Weldon | New Zealand | 52.43 | |
| 26 | Robert Braknis | Canada | 52.46 | |
| 27 | Frank Samel | Canada | 52.49 | |
| 27 | Deane Pieters | Australia | 52.49 | |
| 29 | Trent Bray | New Zealand | 52.52 | |
| 30 | Ian Brown | Australia | 52.62 | |
| 31 | Satoshi Kajitani | Japan | 52.75 | |
| 32 | Taihei Maeda | Japan | 52.88 | |
| 33 | Yi-Chung Chen | Chinese Taipei | 53.34 | |
| 34 | Hidetoshi Yamanaka | Japan | 54.01 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 23.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | Jon Olsen | United States | 50.30 |
| 10 | Matthew Renshaw | Australia | 51.11 |
| 11 | Nick Sanders | New Zealand | 51.67 |
| 12 | Sebastien Goulet | Canada | 51.78 |
| 13 | Michael Wright | Hong Kong | 51.99 |
| 14 | Arthur Li | Hong Kong | 52.11 |
| 15 | Ron Watson | Canada | 52.27 |
| 16 | Richard Bera | Indonesia | 52.97 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 23.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time |
| | Matt Biondi | United States | 49.72 |
| | Chris Fydler | Australia | 50.21 |
| | Shaun Jordan | United States | 50.38 |
| 4 | John Steel | New Zealand | 50.90 |
| 5 | Andrew Baildon | Australia | 51.08 |
| 6 | Tsutomu Nakano | Japan | 51.60 |
| 7 | Sandy Goss | Canada | 51.72 |
| 8 | Qiu Jieming | China | 52.42 |