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 | 21.64 | Moscow, Russia | June 16, 2000 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 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 | 22.14 | QA | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Roland Schoeman | 22.16 | QA | |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Ben Wildman-Tobriner | 22.45 | QA | |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Gary Hall, Jr. | 22.46 | QA | |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Jason Lezak | 22.46 | QA | |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | César Cielo | 22.54 | QA | |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | Neil Walker | 22.61 | QA | |
| 8 | 7 | 6 | George Bovell | 22.62 | QA | |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Brent Hayden | 22.63 | QB | |
| 10 | 6 | 5 | Eamon Sullivan | 22.64 | QB | |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Lyndon Ferns | 22.65 | QB | |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | Peter Marshall | 22.74 | QB | |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Makoto Ito | 22.79 | QB | |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | Marco Sapucaia | 22.79 | QB | |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Nicholas Santos | 22.92 | QB | |
| 16 | 7 | 8 | Ian Crocker | 22.94 | QB | |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | Guilherme Santos | 23.01 | ||
| 18 | 5 | 6 | Gerhard Zandberg | 23.03 | ||
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Matthew Lowe | 23.16 | ||
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Eduardo Deboni | 23.19 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Rodrigo Castro | 23.22 | ||
| 22 | 7 | 7 | Takeru Sasaki | 23.24 | ||
| 23 | 4 | 3 | Yannick Lupien | 23.26 | ||
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Rick Say | 23.26 | ||
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Daisuke Hosokawa | 23.28 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 4 | Nicolas Oliveira | 23.34 | ||
| 26 | 6 | 1 | Edvaldo Valério | 23.34 | ||
| 28 | 4 | 6 | Casey Flouch | 23.48 | ||
| 29 | 3 | 5 | Corney Swanepoel | 23.51 | ||
| 30 | 5 | 1 | Thomas Kindler | 23.52 | ||
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Andrew Mewing | 23.54 | ||
| 32 | 3 | 3 | Klete Keller | 23.56 | ||
| 33 | 4 | 2 | Joel Greenshields | 23.59 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 4 | Robert Voss | 23.67 | ||
| 34 | 3 | 4 | Ashley Delaney | 23.67 | ||
| 34 | 4 | 4 | Takamitsu Kojima | 23.67 | ||
| 37 | 4 | 5 | Hiroaki Yamamoto | 23.72 | ||
| 38 | 4 | 7 | Cameron Gibson | 23.88 | ||
| 39 | 1 | 3 | Nicholas Ffrost | 23.94 | ||
| 40 | 4 | 1 | Kenrick Monk | 23.95 | ||
| 41 | 3 | 6 | Michael Jack | 24.01 | ||
| 42 | 2 | 2 | Moss Burmester | 24.06 | ||
| 43 | 3 | 2 | Oliver Elliot | 24.17 | ||
| 44 | 2 | 8 | Pascal Wollach | 24.19 | ||
| 45 | 2 | 7 | Jake Tapp | 24.22 | ||
| 46 | 2 | 6 | Kendrick Uy | 24.23 | ||
| 47 | 2 | 5 | Raymond Betuzzi | 24.30 | ||
| 48 | 3 | 1 | Feng Lizhong | 24.53 | ||
| 49 | 1 | 5 | Ben Pickersgill-Brown | 24.57 | ||
| 50 | 2 | 3 | Lim Nam-Gyun | 24.60 | ||
| 51 | 1 | 6 | John Zulch | 25.08 | ||
| - | 1 | 2 | Charles Francis | DSQ | ||
| - | 6 | 2 | Matt Rose | DSQ |
B Final
The B final was held on August 20, at 19:07.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 4 | Jason Lezak | 22.40 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Nicholas Santos | 22.48 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Marco Sapucaia | 22.76 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Makoto Ito | 23.04 | ||
| 13 | 1 | Yannick Lupien | 23.11 | ||
| 14 | 2 | Gerhard Zandberg | 23.15 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Rick Say | 23.37 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Takeru Sasaki | 23.56 |
A Final
The A final was held on August 20, at 19:07.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Cullen Jones | 21.84 | CR | ||
| 5 | Roland Schoeman | 22.12 | |||
| 7 | Brent Hayden | 22.22 | |||
| 4 | 8 | Lyndon Ferns | 22.42 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Ben Wildman-Tobriner | 22.44 | ||
| 6 | 6 | César Cielo | 22.45 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Eamon Sullivan | 22.57 | ||
| 8 | 2 | George Bovell | 22.59 |