# 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

33°51′2.2″S 151°4′1″E﻿ / ﻿33.850611°S 151.06694°E﻿ / -33.850611; 151.06694
The women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 28–29 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Le Jingyi of China.
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 | Le Jingyi (CHN) | 24.51 | Rome, Italy | September 11, 1994 |
| 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 28.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 25.90 | Q |
| 2 | Liesl Kolbisen | United States | 26.11 | Q |
| 3 | Kari Haag-Woodall | United States | 26.12 | Q |
| 4 | Anna Lydall | Canada | 26.30 | Q |
| 5 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 26.33 | Q |
| 6 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 26.34 | Q |
| 7 | Charlene Wittstock | South Africa | 26.44 | Q |
| 8 | Samantha Arsenault | United States | 26.50 | Q |
| 9 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 26.56 | Q |
| 10 | Ashley Tappin | United States | 26.62 | Q |
| 11 | Stacey Bowley | South Africa | 26.63 | Q |
| 12 | Rebecca Creedy | Australia | 26.69 | Q |
| 13 | Monique Robins | New Zealand | 26.73 | Q |
| 14 | Vivienne Rignall | New Zealand | 26.80 | Q |
| 14 | Jenna Gresdal | Canada | 26.82 | Q |
| 16 | Melanie Dodd | Australia | 26.89 | Q |
| 17 | Renate du Plessis | South Africa | 26.98 | |
| 18 | Lori Munz | Australia | 27.00 | |
| 19 | Jacinta van Lint | Australia | 27.02 | |
| 20 | Keiko Price | United States | 27.08 | |
| 21 | Angela Kennedy | Australia | 27.15 | |
| 21 | Elli Overton | Australia | 27.15 | |
| 23 | Alison Fitch | New Zealand | 27.28 | |
| 23 | Sarah Evanetz | Canada | 27.28 | |
| 25 | Jolie Workman | New Zealand | 27.32 | |
| 26 | Janet Cook | Canada | 27.34 | |
| 27 | Caroline Pickering | Fiji | 27.46 | |
| 28 | Sung Yi-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 28.02 | |
| 29 | Candice Crafford | South Africa | 28.13 | |
| 30 | Candice Nethercott | South Africa | 28.78 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 28.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 25.64 | Q |
| 2 | Liesl Kolbisen | United States | 25.74 | Q |
| 3 | Kari Haag-Woodall | United States | 26.05 | Q |
| 4 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 26.15 | Q |
| 5 | Charlene Wittstock | South Africa | 26.20 | Q |
| 6 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 26.23 | Q |
| 7 | Rebecca Creedy | Australia | 26.24 | Q |
| 8 | Anna Lydall | Canada | 26.30 | Q |
| 9 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 26.43 | |
| 10 | Vivienne Rignall | New Zealand | 26.61 | |
| 11 | Stacey Bowley | South Africa | 26.62 | |
| 12 | Samantha Arsenault | United States | 26.63 | |
| 13 | Jenna Gresdal | Canada | 26.67 | |
| 14 | Melanie Dodd | Australia | 26.85 | |
| 15 | Monique Robins | New Zealand | 26.94 | |
| 16 | Renate du Plessis | South Africa | 26.96 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 29.
| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time |
| | Jenny Thompson | United States | 25.51 |
| | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 25.95 |
| | Liesl Kolbisen | United States | 25.97 |
| 4 | Rebecca Creedy | Australia | 26.13 |
| 5 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 26.16 |
| 6 | Charlene Wittstock | South Africa | 26.28 |
| 7 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 26.30 |
| 8 | Anna Lydall | Canada | 26.58 |