# 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 18 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Ian Thorpe of Australia.
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 | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | 47.84 | Sydney, Australia | September 19, 2000 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Michael Klim (AUS) | 48.81 | Sydney, Australia | August 25, 1999 |

## 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 18, at 10:12.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Jason Lezak | United States | 49.05 | QA |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Eamon Sullivan | Australia | 49.17 | QA |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 49.23 | QA |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Neil Walker | United States | 49.24 | QA |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | César Cielo | Brazil | 49.32 | QA |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | Cullen Jones | United States | 49.50 | QA |
| 7 | 8 | 1 | Lyndon Ferns | South Africa | 49.57 | QA |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | Ben Wildman-Tobriner | United States | 49.70 | QA |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Rick Say | Canada | 49.72 | QB |
| 10 | 8 | 5 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 49.78 | QB |
| 11 | 7 | 6 | Klete Keller | United States | 49.86 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Gary Hall, Jr. | United States | 50.02 | QB |
| 12 | 6 | 6 | Andrew Mewing | Australia | 50.02 | QB |
| 14 | 7 | 7 | Ian Crocker | United States | 50.15 | QB |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 50.17 | QB |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Colin Russell | Canada | 50.20 | QB |
| 17 | 8 | 6 | Matt Rose | Canada | 50.24 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 50.26 | |
| 18 | 5 | 8 | Nicolas Oliveira | Brazil | 50.26 | |
| 20 | 6 | 8 | Daisuke Hosokawa | Japan | 50.36 | |
| 21 | 6 | 2 | Takamitsu Kojima | Japan | 50.39 | |
| 22 | 7 | 1 | Joel Greenshields | Canada | 50.40 | |
| 23 | 4 | 3 | Rodrigo Castro | Brazil | 50.41 | |
| 23 | 6 | 1 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.41 | |
| 25 | 8 | 7 | Yannick Lupien | Canada | 50.54 | |
| 26 | 5 | 6 | Edvaldo Valério | Brazil | 50.62 | |
| 26 | 7 | 2 | Kenrick Monk | Australia | 50.62 | |
| 28 | 5 | 7 | Marco Sapucaia | Brazil | 50.76 | |
| 29 | 5 | 2 | Eduardo Deboni | Brazil | 50.85 | |
| 30 | 6 | 3 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 50.86 | |
| 31 | 7 | 8 | Hiroaki Yamamoto | Japan | 50.87 | |
| 32 | 4 | 8 | Michael Klueh | United States | 50.93 | |
| 33 | 8 | 8 | Casey Flouch | Australia | 51.01 | |
| 34 | 5 | 1 | Nicholas Ffrost | Australia | 51.07 | |
| 35 | 8 | 2 | Guilherme Santos | Brazil | 51.13 | |
| 36 | 5 | 5 | Makoto Ito | Japan | 51.17 | |
| 37 | 4 | 1 | Ken Takakuwa | Japan | 51.36 | |
| 38 | 2 | 8 | Gabriel Mangabeira | Brazil | 51.45 | |
| 39 | 3 | 4 | Yuji Sakurai | Japan | 51.50 | |
| 39 | 3 | 4 | Lim Nam-Gyun | South Korea | 51.50 | |
| 41 | 3 | 2 | Corney Swanepoel | New Zealand | 51.63 | |
| 42 | 4 | 6 | Andrew Lauterstein | Australia | 51.64 | |
| 43 | 3 | 1 | Michael Jack | New Zealand | 51.65 | |
| 44 | 2 | 2 | Joshua Krogh | Australia | 51.75 | |
| 45 | 3 | 8 | Pascal Wollach | Canada | 51.77 | |
| 46 | 5 | 3 | Cameron Gibson | New Zealand | 51.79 | |
| 47 | 2 | 7 | Daniel Madwed | United States | 51.87 | |
| 48 | 1 | 2 | Hayden Stoeckel | Australia | 51.92 | |
| 49 | 3 | 5 | Robert Voss | New Zealand | 51.94 | |
| 50 | 4 | 7 | Peter Marshall | United States | 51.97 | |
| 51 | 1 | 3 | Moss Burmester | New Zealand | 52.35 | |
| 52 | 1 | 5 | Ephraim Hannant | Australia | 52.46 | |
| 53 | 2 | 5 | Ethan Rolff | Australia | 52.72 | |
| 53 | 2 | 6 | Ben Pickersgill-Brown | New Zealand | 52.72 | |
| 55 | 2 | 3 | Kendrick Uy | Philippines | 52.77 | |
| 56 | 2 | 1 | Jake Tapp | Canada | 52.79 | |
| 57 | 1 | 4 | Oliver Elliot | Chile | 53.58 | |
| 58 | 2 | 4 | Yuan Ping | Chinese Taipei | 53.72 | |
| 59 | 1 | 6 | John Zulch | New Zealand | 54.37 | |
| - | 4 | 5 | Aaron Peirsol | United States | DSQ | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 18, at 18:12.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Cullen Jones | United States | 49.68 |
| 10 | 5 | Andrew Mewing | Australia | 50.07 |
| 11 | 1 | Takamitsu Kojima | Japan | 50.18 |
| 12 | 6 | Rodrigo Castro | Brazil | 50.29 |
| 13 | 7 | Daisuke Hosokawa | Japan | 50.38 |
| 14 | 2 | Nicolas Oliveira | Brazil | 50.58 |
| 15 | 8 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.89 |
| 16 | 3 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 51.12 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 18, at 18:12.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 48.59 | CR |
| | 4 | Jason Lezak | United States | 48.76 | |
| | 5 | Eamon Sullivan | Australia | 49.09 | |
| | 8 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 49.09 | |
| 5 | 7 | Lyndon Ferns | South Africa | 49.11 | |
| 6 | 6 | Neil Walker | United States | 49.19 | |
| 7 | 2 | César Cielo | Brazil | 49.66 | |
| 8 | 1 | Rick Say | Canada | 49.79 | |