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

The men'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 Jason Lezak 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 | Alexander Popov (RUS) | 21.64 | Moscow, Russia | June 16, 2000 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Brendon Dedekind (RSA) | 22.06 | Sydney, Australia | August 28, 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 20, at 10:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Cullen Jones | United States | 22.14 | QA |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 22.16 | QA |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Ben Wildman-Tobriner | United States | 22.45 | QA |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Gary Hall, Jr. | United States | 22.46 | QA |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Jason Lezak | United States | 22.46 | QA |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | César Cielo | Brazil | 22.54 | QA |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | Neil Walker | United States | 22.61 | QA |
| 8 | 7 | 6 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.62 | QA |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 22.63 | QB |
| 10 | 6 | 5 | Eamon Sullivan | Australia | 22.64 | QB |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Lyndon Ferns | South Africa | 22.65 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | Peter Marshall | United States | 22.74 | QB |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Makoto Ito | Japan | 22.79 | QB |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | Marco Sapucaia | Brazil | 22.79 | QB |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 22.92 | QB |
| 16 | 7 | 8 | Ian Crocker | United States | 22.94 | QB |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | Guilherme Santos | Brazil | 23.01 | |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 23.03 | |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Matthew Lowe | United States | 23.16 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Eduardo Deboni | Brazil | 23.19 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Rodrigo Castro | Brazil | 23.22 | |
| 22 | 7 | 7 | Takeru Sasaki | Japan | 23.24 | |
| 23 | 4 | 3 | Yannick Lupien | Canada | 23.26 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Rick Say | Canada | 23.26 | |
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Daisuke Hosokawa | Japan | 23.28 | |
| 26 | 1 | 4 | Nicolas Oliveira | Brazil | 23.34 | |
| 26 | 6 | 1 | Edvaldo Valério | Brazil | 23.34 | |
| 28 | 4 | 6 | Casey Flouch | Australia | 23.48 | |
| 29 | 3 | 5 | Corney Swanepoel | New Zealand | 23.51 | |
| 30 | 5 | 1 | Thomas Kindler | Canada | 23.52 | |
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Andrew Mewing | Australia | 23.54 | |
| 32 | 3 | 3 | Klete Keller | United States | 23.56 | |
| 33 | 4 | 2 | Joel Greenshields | Canada | 23.59 | |
| 34 | 2 | 4 | Robert Voss | New Zealand | 23.67 | |
| 34 | 3 | 4 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 23.67 | |
| 34 | 4 | 4 | Takamitsu Kojima | Japan | 23.67 | |
| 37 | 4 | 5 | Hiroaki Yamamoto | Japan | 23.72 | |
| 38 | 4 | 7 | Cameron Gibson | New Zealand | 23.88 | |
| 39 | 1 | 3 | Nicholas Ffrost | Australia | 23.94 | |
| 40 | 4 | 1 | Kenrick Monk | Australia | 23.95 | |
| 41 | 3 | 6 | Michael Jack | New Zealand | 24.01 | |
| 42 | 2 | 2 | Moss Burmester | New Zealand | 24.06 | |
| 43 | 3 | 2 | Oliver Elliot | Chile | 24.17 | |
| 44 | 2 | 8 | Pascal Wollach | Canada | 24.19 | |
| 45 | 2 | 7 | Jake Tapp | Canada | 24.22 | |
| 46 | 2 | 6 | Kendrick Uy | Philippines | 24.23 | |
| 47 | 2 | 5 | Raymond Betuzzi | Canada | 24.30 | |
| 48 | 3 | 1 | Feng Lizhong | China | 24.53 | |
| 49 | 1 | 5 | Ben Pickersgill-Brown | New Zealand | 24.57 | |
| 50 | 2 | 3 | Lim Nam-Gyun | South Korea | 24.60 | |
| 51 | 1 | 6 | John Zulch | New Zealand | 25.08 | |
| - | 1 | 2 | Charles Francis | Canada | DSQ | |
| - | 6 | 2 | Matt Rose | Canada | DSQ | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 20, at 19:07.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Jason Lezak | United States | 22.40 |
| 10 | 6 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 22.48 |
| 11 | 5 | Marco Sapucaia | Brazil | 22.76 |
| 12 | 3 | Makoto Ito | Japan | 23.04 |
| 13 | 1 | Yannick Lupien | Canada | 23.11 |
| 14 | 2 | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 23.15 |
| 15 | 8 | Rick Say | Canada | 23.37 |
| 16 | 7 | Takeru Sasaki | Japan | 23.56 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 20, at 19:07.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Cullen Jones | United States | 21.84 | CR |
| | 5 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 22.12 | |
| | 7 | Brent Hayden | Canada | 22.22 | |
| 4 | 8 | Lyndon Ferns | South Africa | 22.42 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ben Wildman-Tobriner | United States | 22.44 | |
| 6 | 6 | César Cielo | Brazil | 22.45 | |
| 7 | 1 | Eamon Sullivan | Australia | 22.57 | |
| 8 | 2 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.59 | |