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

The women'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 Natalie Coughlin of US.
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 | Britta Steffen (GER) | 53.30 | Budapest, Hungary | August 2, 2006 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Natalie Coughlin (USA) | 53.99 | Yokohama, Japan | August 29, 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 18, at 10:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 53.83 | QA, CR |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Amanda Weir | United States | 54.23 | QA |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Kara Lynn Joyce | United States | 54.97 | QA |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Melanie Schlanger | Australia | 55.16 | QA |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Lacey Nymeyer | United States | 55.19 | QA |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Whitney Myers | United States | 55.34 | QA |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Shayne Reese | Australia | 55.58 | QA |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Erica Morningstar | Canada | 55.77 | QA |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Linda MacKenzie | Australia | 55.90 | QB |
| 10 | 5 | 7 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 56.08 | QB |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Genevieve Saumur | Canada | 56.16 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 56.19 | QB |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 56.27 | QB |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Courtney Cashion | United States | 56.32 | QB |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Dana Vollmer | United States | 56.40 | QB |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Kelly Stubbins | Australia | 56.42 | QB |
| 17 | 6 | 7 | Claudia Poll | Costa Rica | 56.51 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Maki Mita | Japan | 56.61 | |
| 19 | 3 | 3 | Seanna Mitchell | Canada | 56.63 | |
| 19 | 3 | 2 | Kaori Yamada | Japan | 56.63 | |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | Norie Urabe | Japan | 56.64 | |
| 22 | 3 | 6 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 56.69 | |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Lee Keo-Ra | South Korea | 56.79 | |
| 24 | 2 | 4 | Emily Wong | Canada | 56.85 | |
| 25 | 3 | 5 | Hannah Wilson | Hong Kong | 56.88 | |
| 26 | 2 | 3 | Leila Vaziri | United States | 57.18 | |
| 27 | 6 | 2 | Mary Descenza | United States | 57.28 | |
| 28 | 1 | 5 | Kim Dal-Eun | South Korea | 57.32 | |
| 29 | 5 | 6 | Lauren Boyle | New Zealand | 57.43 | |
| 30 | 3 | 8 | Maya Beaudry | Canada | 57.51 | |
| 31 | 6 | 6 | Alison Fitch | New Zealand | 57.52 | |
| 32 | 4 | 8 | Haruka Ueda | Japan | 57.56 | |
| 33 | 6 | 8 | Yang Chin-Kuei | Chinese Taipei | 57.62 | |
| 34 | 1 | 4 | Tsai Hiu-Wai | Hong Kong | 57.68 | |
| 34 | 3 | 1 | Nieh Pin-Chieh | Chinese Taipei | 57.68 | |
| 36 | 1 | 3 | Fran Adcock | Australia | 57.85 | |
| 36 | 1 | 8 | Karina Leane | Australia | 57.85 | |
| 38 | 5 | 8 | Kylie Palmer | Australia | 57.91 | |
| 39 | 2 | 1 | Michelle Engelsman | Australia | 58.01 | |
| 40 | 3 | 4 | Renata Burgos | Brazil | 58.05 | |
| 41 | 2 | 5 | Liz Coster | New Zealand | 58.22 | |
| 42 | 2 | 2 | Motomi Nakamura | Japan | 58.31 | |
| 43 | 1 | 2 | Lauren English | United States | 58.83 | |
| 44 | 1 | 1 | Kayla Rawlings | Canada | 59.07 | |
| 45 | 1 | 6 | Lee Leong Kwai | Hong Kong | 59.42 | |
| 46 | 2 | 8 | Sze Hang Yu | Hong Kong | 59.47 | |
| 47 | 1 | 7 | Sarah Paton | Australia | 59.82 | |
| - | 2 | 7 | Kate Ziegler | United States | DSQ | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 18, at 18:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Kara Lynn Joyce | United States | 54.93 |
| 10 | 5 | Linda MacKenzie | Australia | 55.94 |
| 11 | 3 | Genevieve Saumur | Canada | 56.40 |
| 12 | 6 | Maki Mita | Japan | 56.57 |
| 13 | 1 | Hannah Wilson | Hong Kong | 56.69 |
| 14 | 2 | Kaori Yamada | Japan | 56.76 |
| 14 | 7 | Lee Keo-Ra | South Korea | 56.76 |
| 16 | 8 | Kim Dal-Eun | South Korea | 57.45 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 18, at 18:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 53.87 |
| | 5 | Amanda Weir | United States | 53.92 |
| | 3 | Melanie Schlanger | Australia | 55.00 |
| 4 | 6 | Shayne Reese | Australia | 55.33 |
| 5 | 2 | Erica Morningstar | Canada | 55.36 |
| 6 | 7 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 56.02 |
| 7 | 1 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 56.38 |
| 8 | 8 | Claudia Poll | Costa Rica | 56.84 |