1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 27–28 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. The last champions were Bill Pilczuk of US and Ricardo Busquets of Puerto Rico.
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 | 21.81 | Nashville, United States | March 24, 1990 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 22.12 | Tokyo, Japan | August 20, 1989 |
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 27.| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brendon Dedekind | 22.16 | Q | |
| 2 | Gary Hall, Jr. | 22.47 | Q | |
| 3 | Jason Lezak | 22.64 | Q | |
| 4 | Neil Walker | 22.76 | Q | |
| 5 | Bill Pilczuk | 22.80 | Q | |
| 6 | Chris Fydler | 22.86 | Q | |
| 7 | Tomohiro Yamanoi | 22.90 | Q | |
| 8 | Jeffrey English | 23.05 | Q | |
| 9 | Nathan Rickard | 23.06 | Q | |
| 10 | Nicholas Folker | 23.16 | Q | |
| 11 | Jay Schryver | 23.34 | Q | |
| 12 | Greg Main-Baillie | 23.44 | Q | |
| 13 | Brad Schumacher | 23.45 | Q | |
| 14 | Shunsuke Ito | 23.48 | Q | |
| 14 | Yannick Lupien | 23.48 | Q | |
| 16 | Todd Pearson | 23.54 | Q | |
| 17 | Ian Crocker | 23.55 | ||
| 18 | Craig Hutchison | 23.64 | ||
| 19 | Brad Herring | 23.79 | ||
| 20 | Wing Fu | 23.98 | ||
| 21 | Yosuke Ichikawa | 24.03 | ||
| 22 | Jake Steele | 24.06 | ||
| 23 | Scott Rice | 24.19 | ||
| 24 | Shusuke Ito | 24.26 | ||
| 25 | Carl Probert | 24.39 | ||
| 26 | Graham Duthie | 24.40 | ||
| 27 | Gentle Offoin | 24.45 | ||
| 28 | Mark Thompson | 24.82 | ||
| 29 | Merlin Fredericks | 24.82 | ||
| 30 | Steven Ferguson | 25.00 | ||
| 31 | Chen Lin-Hung | 25.18 | ||
| 32 | Pan Tsung-Nan | 25.78 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 27.| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brendon Dedekind | 22.14 | Q | |
| 2 | Gary Hall, Jr. | 22.44 | Q | |
| 3 | Bill Pilczuk | 22.59 | Q | |
| 4 | Neil Walker | 22.63 | Q | |
| 5 | Jason Lezak | 22.64 | Q | |
| 5 | Chris Fydler | 22.64 | Q | |
| 7 | Nathan Rickard | 22.80 | Q | |
| 8 | Nicholas Folker | 22.86 | Q | |
| 9 | Jeffrey English | 22.90 | ||
| 10 | Tomohiro Yamanoi | 23.06 | ||
| 11 | Shunsuke Ito | 23.39 | ||
| 12 | Greg Main-Baillie | 23.49 | ||
| 13 | Yannick Lupien | 23.49 | ||
| 14 | Brad Herring | 23.55 | ||
| 15 | Todd Pearson | 23.56 | ||
| 16 | Craig Hutchison | 23.74 |
Final
The final was held on August 28.| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Brendon Dedekind | 22.06 | CR | ||
| Gary Hall, Jr. | 22.26 | |||
| Bill Pilczuk | 22.52 | |||
| 4 | Chris Fydler | 22.61 | ||
| 5 | Nathan Rickard | 22.92 | ||
| 6 | Nicholas Folker | 22.93 | ||
| 7 | Tomohiro Yamanoi | 22.98 | ||
| 8 | Shunsuke Ito | 23.52 |