# 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champions were Bill Pilczuk of US and Ricardo Busquets of Puerto Rico.
This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Tom Jager (USA) | 21.81 | Nashville, United States | March 24, 1990 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Tom Jager (USA) | 22.12 | Tokyo, Japan | August 20, 1989 |

## 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 27.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brendon Dedekind | South Africa | 22.16 | Q |
| 2 | Gary Hall, Jr. | United States | 22.47 | Q |
| 3 | Jason Lezak | United States | 22.64 | Q |
| 4 | Neil Walker | United States | 22.76 | Q |
| 5 | Bill Pilczuk | United States | 22.80 | Q |
| 6 | Chris Fydler | Australia | 22.86 | Q |
| 7 | Tomohiro Yamanoi | Japan | 22.90 | Q |
| 8 | Jeffrey English | Australia | 23.05 | Q |
| 9 | Nathan Rickard | Australia | 23.06 | Q |
| 10 | Nicholas Folker | South Africa | 23.16 | Q |
| 11 | Jay Schryver | United States | 23.34 | Q |
| 12 | Greg Main-Baillie | South Africa | 23.44 | Q |
| 13 | Brad Schumacher | United States | 23.45 | Q |
| 14 | Shunsuke Ito | Japan | 23.48 | Q |
| 14 | Yannick Lupien | Canada | 23.48 | Q |
| 16 | Todd Pearson | Australia | 23.54 | Q |
| 17 | Ian Crocker | United States | 23.55 | |
| 18 | Craig Hutchison | Canada | 23.64 | |
| 19 | Brad Herring | New Zealand | 23.79 | |
| 20 | Wing Fu | Hong Kong | 23.98 | |
| 21 | Yosuke Ichikawa | Japan | 24.03 | |
| 22 | Jake Steele | Canada | 24.06 | |
| 23 | Scott Rice | New Zealand | 24.19 | |
| 24 | Shusuke Ito | Japan | 24.26 | |
| 25 | Carl Probert | Fiji | 24.39 | |
| 26 | Graham Duthie | Canada | 24.40 | |
| 27 | Gentle Offoin | Nigeria | 24.45 | |
| 28 | Mark Thompson | New Zealand | 24.82 | |
| 29 | Merlin Fredericks | South Africa | 24.82 | |
| 30 | Steven Ferguson | New Zealand | 25.00 | |
| 31 | Chen Lin-Hung | Chinese Taipei | 25.18 | |
| 32 | Pan Tsung-Nan | Chinese Taipei | 25.78 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 27.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brendon Dedekind | South Africa | 22.14 | Q |
| 2 | Gary Hall, Jr. | United States | 22.44 | Q |
| 3 | Bill Pilczuk | United States | 22.59 | Q |
| 4 | Neil Walker | United States | 22.63 | Q |
| 5 | Jason Lezak | United States | 22.64 | Q |
| 5 | Chris Fydler | Australia | 22.64 | Q |
| 7 | Nathan Rickard | Australia | 22.80 | Q |
| 8 | Nicholas Folker | South Africa | 22.86 | Q |
| 9 | Jeffrey English | Australia | 22.90 | |
| 10 | Tomohiro Yamanoi | Japan | 23.06 | |
| 11 | Shunsuke Ito | Japan | 23.39 | |
| 12 | Greg Main-Baillie | South Africa | 23.49 | |
| 13 | Yannick Lupien | Canada | 23.49 | |
| 14 | Brad Herring | New Zealand | 23.55 | |
| 15 | Todd Pearson | Australia | 23.56 | |
| 16 | Craig Hutchison | Canada | 23.74 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 28.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Brendon Dedekind | South Africa | 22.06 | CR |
| | Gary Hall, Jr. | United States | 22.26 | |
| | Bill Pilczuk | United States | 22.52 | |
| 4 | Chris Fydler | Australia | 22.61 | |
| 5 | Nathan Rickard | Australia | 22.92 | |
| 6 | Nicholas Folker | South Africa | 22.93 | |
| 7 | Tomohiro Yamanoi | Japan | 22.98 | |
| 8 | Shunsuke Ito | Japan | 23.52 | |