2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle
The women'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 Jenny Thompson 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 | 24.13 | Sydney, Australia | September 22, 2000 | |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 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 20, at 10:24.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | 25.30 | QA | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Kara Lynn Joyce | 25.37 | QA | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Amanda Weir | 25.40 | QA | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Courtney Cashion | 25.41 | QA | |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Lacey Nymeyer | 25.59 | QA | |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Rebeca Gusmão | 25.81 | QA | |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Flávia Delaroli | 25.84 | QA | |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Michelle Engelsman | 25.86 | QA | |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Melanie Schlanger | 26.03 | QB | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Dana Vollmer | 26.05 | QB | |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Victoria Poon | 26.06 | QB | |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Kaori Yamada | 26.20 | QB | |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Renata Burgos | 26.25 | QB | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Hannah McLean | 26.26 | QB | |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Kim Dal-Eun | 26.26 | QB | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Liz Coster | 26.41 | ? | |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Hannah Wilson | 26.41 | ? | |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Seanna Mitchell | 26.48 | ||
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Erica Morningstar | 26.57 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Motomi Nakamura | 26.67 | ||
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Leila Vaziri | 26.70 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Nieh Pin-Chieh | 26.76 | ||
| 23 | 2 | 7 | Mary Descenza | 26.77 | ||
| 23 | 3 | 2 | Alison Fitch | 26.77 | ||
| 25 | 2 | 6 | Sze Hang Yu | 26.82 | ||
| 26 | 2 | 5 | Lee Keo-Ra | 26.83 | ||
| 27 | 2 | 1 | Lauren English | 26.87 | ||
| 28 | 1 | 3 | Fran Adcock | 26.95 | ||
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Kim Vanderberg | 26.95 | ||
| 30 | 4 | 1 | Lauren Boyle | 26.96 | ||
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Melanie Bouchard | 27.10 | ||
| 32 | 3 | 8 | Kelly Stubbins | 27.17 | ||
| 33 | 1 | 5 | Lee Leong Kwai | 27.45 | ||
| 34 | 1 | 6 | Kayla Rawlings | 27.66 | ||
| 35 | 4 | 7 | Yang Chin-Kuei | 27.82 | ||
| - | 5 | 8 | Emily Wong | DSQ |
B Final
The B final was held on August 20, at 18:57.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 4 | Amanda Weir | 25.25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Renata Burgos | 25.90 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Hannah McLean | 26.04 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Erica Morningstar | 26.17 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Kim Dal-Eun | 26.22 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Hannah Wilson | 26.24 | ||
| 15 | 2 | Liz Coster | 26.44 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Seanna Mitchell | 26.54 |
A Final
The A final was held on August 20, at 18:57.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Kara Lynn Joyce | 25.10 | |||
| 4 | Natalie Coughlin | 25.32 | |||
| 6 | Flávia Delaroli | 25.62 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Rebeca Gusmão | 25.64 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Melanie Schlanger | 25.77 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Michelle Engelsman | 25.89 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Victoria Poon | 25.97 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Kaori Yamada | 26.18 |