# 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Bruno Fratus of Brazil.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | César Cielo (BRA) | 20.91 | São Paulo, Brazil | 18 December 2009 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Bruno Fratus (BRA) | 21.44 | Gold Coast, Australia | 24 August 2014 |

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | QA | Qualified A Final | QB | Qualified B Final | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Michael Andrew | United States | 21.83 | QA |
| 2 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 22.17 | QA |
| 3 | Katsumi Nakamura | Japan | 22.21 | QA |
| 4 | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 22.28 | QA |
| 5 | Shinri Shioura | Japan | 22.30 | QA |
| 6 | Pedro Spajari | Brazil | 22.32 | QA |
| 7 | Marcelo Chierighini | Brazil | 22.34 | QA |
| 8 | Gabriel Santos | Brazil | 22.49 | QB |
| 9 | Daniel Hunter | New Zealand | 22.51 | QA |
| 9 | Zachary Apple | United States | 22.51 | QB |
| 11 | Blake Pieroni | United States | 22.53 | QB |
| 12 | Shunichi Nakao | Japan | 22.54 | QB |
| 13 | James Roberts | Australia | 22.56 | QB |
| 14 | Will Pisani | Canada | 22.58 | QB |
| 15 | Jack Cartwright | Australia | 22.60 | QB |
| 16 | Owen Daly | Canada | 22.73 | QB |
| 17 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Japan | 22.97 | |
| 17 | Ruslan Gaziev | Canada | 22.97 | |
| 19 | Alexander Graham | Australia | 23.06 | |
| 20 | David Morgan | Australia | 23.07 | |
| 21 | Reo Sakata | Japan | 23.14 | |
| 22 | Marco Ferreira Júnior | Brazil | 23.16 | |
| 23 | Elijah Winnington | Australia | 23.28 | |
| 24 | Liu Shaofeng | China | 23.35 | |
| 25 | Jarod Hatch | Philippines | 23.97 | |
| 26 | Nao Horomura | Japan | 24.16 | |
| 27 | Rafael Barreto | Philippines | 24.52 | |
| 28 | Samir Al-Adawi | Oman | 24.58 | |
| 29 | Timothy Yen | Philippines | 25.01 | |
| 30 | Armand Chan | Philippines | 25.35 | |
| 31 | Noel Keane | Palau | 25.46 | |
| 32 | Lennosuke Suzuki | Northern Mariana Islands | 26.58 | |
| 33 | Mark Imazu | Guam | 27.99 | |
| 34 | Nelson Batallones | Northern Mariana Islands | 29.74 | |
| – | Grant Irvine | Australia | DNS | |
| – | Federico Grabich | Argentina | DNS | |
| – | Nathan Adrian | United States | DNS | |

### B Final

The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | Blake Pieroni | United States | 22.22 |
| 10 | Zachary Apple | United States | 22.30 |
| 11 | Shunichi Nakao | Japan | 22.36 |
| 12 | Gabriel Santos | Brazil | 22.39 |
| 13 | James Roberts | Australia | 22.47 |
| 14 | Jack Cartwright | Australia | 22.65 |
| 15 | Will Pisani | Canada | 22.66 |
| 16 | Owen Daly | Canada | 22.84 |

### A Final

The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Michael Andrew | United States | 21.46 |
| | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 21.93 |
| | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 22.02 |
| 4 | Katsumi Nakamura | Japan | 22.24 |
| 5 | Shinri Shioura | Japan | 22.27 |
| 6 | Pedro Spajari | Brazil | 22.30 |
| 7 | Daniel Hunter | New Zealand | 22.39 |
| 8 | Marcelo Chierighini | Brazil | 22.50 |