# 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Jenny Thompson of US.
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 | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | 24.13 | Sydney, Australia | September 22, 2000 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Amy Van Dyken (USA) | 25.03 | Atlanta, United States | August 13, 1995 |

## 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 20, at 10:24.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 25.30 | QA |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Kara Lynn Joyce | United States | 25.37 | QA |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Amanda Weir | United States | 25.40 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Courtney Cashion | United States | 25.41 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Lacey Nymeyer | United States | 25.59 | QA |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Rebeca Gusmão | Brazil | 25.81 | QA |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Flávia Delaroli | Brazil | 25.84 | QA |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Michelle Engelsman | Australia | 25.86 | QA |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Melanie Schlanger | Australia | 26.03 | QB |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Dana Vollmer | United States | 26.05 | QB |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 26.06 | QB |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Kaori Yamada | Japan | 26.20 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Renata Burgos | Brazil | 26.25 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 26.26 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Kim Dal-Eun | South Korea | 26.26 | QB |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Liz Coster | New Zealand | 26.41 | ? |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Hannah Wilson | Hong Kong | 26.41 | ? |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Seanna Mitchell | Canada | 26.48 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Erica Morningstar | Canada | 26.57 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Motomi Nakamura | Japan | 26.67 | |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Leila Vaziri | United States | 26.70 | |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Nieh Pin-Chieh | Chinese Taipei | 26.76 | |
| 23 | 2 | 7 | Mary Descenza | United States | 26.77 | |
| 23 | 3 | 2 | Alison Fitch | New Zealand | 26.77 | |
| 25 | 2 | 6 | Sze Hang Yu | Hong Kong | 26.82 | |
| 26 | 2 | 5 | Lee Keo-Ra | South Korea | 26.83 | |
| 27 | 2 | 1 | Lauren English | United States | 26.87 | |
| 28 | 1 | 3 | Fran Adcock | Australia | 26.95 | |
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Kim Vanderberg | United States | 26.95 | |
| 30 | 4 | 1 | Lauren Boyle | New Zealand | 26.96 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Melanie Bouchard | Canada | 27.10 | |
| 32 | 3 | 8 | Kelly Stubbins | Australia | 27.17 | |
| 33 | 1 | 5 | Lee Leong Kwai | Hong Kong | 27.45 | |
| 34 | 1 | 6 | Kayla Rawlings | Canada | 27.66 | |
| 35 | 4 | 7 | Yang Chin-Kuei | Chinese Taipei | 27.82 | |
| - | 5 | 8 | Emily Wong | Canada | DSQ | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 20, at 18:57.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Amanda Weir | United States | 25.25 |
| 10 | 5 | Renata Burgos | Brazil | 25.90 |
| 11 | 6 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 26.04 |
| 12 | 8 | Erica Morningstar | Canada | 26.17 |
| 13 | 3 | Kim Dal-Eun | South Korea | 26.22 |
| 14 | 7 | Hannah Wilson | Hong Kong | 26.24 |
| 15 | 2 | Liz Coster | New Zealand | 26.44 |
| 16 | 1 | Seanna Mitchell | Canada | 26.54 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 20, at 18:57.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Kara Lynn Joyce | United States | 25.10 |
| | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 25.32 |
| | 6 | Flávia Delaroli | Brazil | 25.62 |
| 4 | 3 | Rebeca Gusmão | Brazil | 25.64 |
| 5 | 7 | Melanie Schlanger | Australia | 25.77 |
| 6 | 2 | Michelle Engelsman | Australia | 25.89 |
| 7 | 1 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 25.97 |
| 8 | 8 | Kaori Yamada | Japan | 26.18 |