# 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The women's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Natalie Coughlin of US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | 56.61 | Sydney, Australia | September 17, 2000 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Jenny Thompson (USA) Natalie Coughlin (USA) | 57.88 | Sydney, Australia Yokohama, Japan | August 22, 1999 August 23, 2002 |

## 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 19, at 10:45.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Jessicah Schipper | Australia | 58.26 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Rachel Komisarz | United States | 59.16 | QA |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Mary Descenza | United States | 59.26 | QA |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | MacKenzie Downing | Canada | 59.43 | QA |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Ayako Doi | Japan | 59.58 | QA |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Yuko Nakanishi | Japan | 59.72 | QA |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Whitney Myers | United States | 59.91 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Dana Vollmer | United States | 1:00.06 | QA |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Shin Hae-In | South Korea | 1:00.23 | QB |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Kathleen Hersey | United States | 1:00.37 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 1:00.39 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 1:00.51 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Choi Hye-Ra | South Korea | 1:00.59 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Kim Vandenberg | United States | 1:00.64 | QB |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Yurie Yano | Japan | 1:00.68 | QB |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Liz Coster | New Zealand | 1:01.59 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 1:01.81 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Stephanie Horner | Canada | 1:01.87 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Courtney Cashion | United States | 1:02.11 | |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Hannah Wilson | Hong Kong | 1:02.31 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Genevieve Saumur | Canada | 1:02.42 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Sze Hang Yu | Hong Kong | 1:02.62 | |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Seanna Mitchell | Canada | 1:02.75 | |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Kayla Rawlings | Canada | 1:02.77 | |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Jessica Hardy | United States | 1:03.81 | |
| 26 | 1 | 4 | Melanie Dodds | Canada | 1:03.87 | |
| - | 3 | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | DSQ | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 19, at 18:45.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 5 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 59.20 |
| 10 | 4 | Whitney Myers | United States | 59.35 |
| 11 | 6 | Yurie Yano | Japan | 1:00.54 |
| 12 | 3 | Choi Hye-Ra | South Korea | 1:00.67 |
| 13 | 2 | Liz Coster | New Zealand | 1:01.46 |
| 14 | 7 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 1:01.67 |
| 15 | 1 | Stephanie Horner | Canada | 1:01.98 |
| 16 | 8 | Hannah Wilson | Hong Kong | 1:02.04 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 19, at 18:45.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Jessicah Schipper | Australia | 57.30 | CR |
| | 5 | Rachel Komisarz | United States | 58.75 | |
| | 3 | Mary Descenza | United States | 59.03 | |
| 4 | 7 | Yuko Nakanishi | Japan | 59.13 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ayako Doi | Japan | 59.45 | |
| 6 | 6 | MacKenzie Downing | Canada | 59.76 | |
| 7 | 8 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 59.95 | |
| 8 | 1 | Shin Hae-In | South Korea | 1:00.00 | |