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

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place. The last champion was Natalie Coughlin of US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | Natalie Coughlin (USA) | 59.58 | Fort Lauderdale, United States | August 13, 2002 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Natalie Coughlin (USA) | 59.72 | Yokohama, Japan | August 26, 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 17, at 10:39.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 1:00.06 | QA |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Reiko Nakamura | Japan | 1:00.97 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Hanae Ito | Japan | 1:01.32 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Lauren English | United States | 1:01.68 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Leila Vaziri | United States | 1:01.82 | QA |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Margaret Hoelzer | United States | 1:01.93 | QA |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Fran Adcock | Australia | 1:01.95 | QA |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | Liz Coster | New Zealand | 1:02.04 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 1:02.13 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Joanna Fargus | Australia | 1:02.36 | QB |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Ariana Kukors | United States | 1:02.42 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Takami Igarashi | Japan | 1:02.46 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Erin Gammel | Canada | 1:02.59 | QB |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Karina Leame | Australia | 1:02.60 | QB |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Kelly Stefanyshyn | Canada | 1:02.69 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 1:02.70 | QB |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 1:02.80 | |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 1:02.90 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Tsai Hiu-Wai | Hong Kong | 1:03.14 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Lee Nam-Eun | South Korea | 1:03.23 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Jung Yoo-Jin | South Korea | 1:03.56 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 1:03.69 | |
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Karah Stanworth | Canada | 1:03.73 | |
| 24 | 2 | 7 | Liu Zhen | China | 1:04.17 | |
| 25 | 1 | 2 | Seana Mitchell | Canada | 1:05.82 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3 | Hannah Wilson | Hong Kong | 1:05.91 | |
| 27 | 3 | 2 | Melissa Corfe | South Africa | 1:05.95 | |
| 28 | 1 | 5 | He Hsu-Jung | Chinese Taipei | 1:06.31 | |
| 29 | 1 | 6 | Lin Ting-Wei | Chinese Taipei | 1:08.91 | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 17, at 19:12.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Leila Vaziri | United States | 1:01.53 |
| 10 | 7 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 1:01.72 |
| 11 | 5 | Takami Igarashi | Japan | 1:02.23 |
| 12 | 6 | Karina Leame | Australia | 1:02.52 |
| 13 | 2 | Kelly Stefanyshyn | Canada | 1:02.54 |
| 14 | 8 | Tsai Hiu-Wai | Hong Kong | 1:03.12 |
| 15 | 1 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 1:03.21 |
| 16 | 3 | Erin Gammel | Canada | 1:03.24 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 17, at 19:12.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Hanae Ito | Japan | 1:00.63 |
| | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 1:00.66 |
| | 5 | Reiko Nakamura | Japan | 1:00.86 |
| 4 | 6 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 1:01.53 |
| 5 | 2 | Liz Coster | New Zealand | 1:01.75 |
| 6 | 7 | Fran Adcock | Australia | 1:02.08 |
| 7 | 1 | Joanna Fargus | Australia | 1:02.21 |
| 8 | 8 | Lauren English | United States | 1:02.27 |