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.[1][2][3] The last champion was Jenny Thompson of US.[4]

Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Saanich Commonwealth Place
Dates	August 20, 2006 (heats & finals)
Competitors	35 from 9 nations
Winning time	25.10
Medalists
Kara Lynn Joyce    United States   Natalie Coughlin    United States   Flávia Delaroli    Brazil

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.[5]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record	Inge de Bruijn (NED)	24.13	Sydney, Australia	September 22, 2000
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 20, at 10:24.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Natalie Coughlin	United States	25.30	QA
2	5	4	Kara Lynn Joyce	United States	25.37	QA
3	4	5	Amanda Weir	United States	25.40	QA
4	3	4	Courtney Cashion	United States	25.41	QA
5	3	5	Lacey Nymeyer	United States	25.59	QA
6	5	3	Rebeca Gusmão	Brazil	25.81	QA
7	5	6	Flávia Delaroli	Brazil	25.84	QA
8	5	5	Michelle Engelsman	Australia	25.86	QA
9	4	3	Melanie Schlanger	Australia	26.03	QB
10	3	3	Dana Vollmer	United States	26.05	QB
11	4	6	Victoria Poon	Canada	26.06	QB
12	5	2	Kaori Yamada	Japan	26.20	QB
13	3	6	Renata Burgos	Brazil	26.25	QB
14	2	2	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	26.26	QB
14	3	1	Kim Dal-Eun	South Korea	26.26	QB
16	2	8	Liz Coster	New Zealand	26.41	?
16	5	7	Hannah Wilson	Hong Kong	26.41	?
18	4	8	Seanna Mitchell	Canada	26.48
19	5	1	Erica Morningstar	Canada	26.57
20	3	7	Motomi Nakamura	Japan	26.67
21	2	3	Leila Vaziri	United States	26.70
22	4	2	Nieh Pin-Chieh	Chinese Taipei	26.76
23	2	7	Mary Descenza	United States	26.77
23	3	2	Alison Fitch	New Zealand	26.77
25	2	6	Sze Hang Yu	Hong Kong	26.82
26	2	5	Lee Keo-Ra	South Korea	26.83
27	2	1	Lauren English	United States	26.87
28	1	3	Fran Adcock	Australia	26.95
28	2	4	Kim Vanderberg	United States	26.95
30	4	1	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	26.96
31	1	4	Melanie Bouchard	Canada	27.10
32	3	8	Kelly Stubbins	Australia	27.17
33	1	5	Lee Leong Kwai	Hong Kong	27.45
34	1	6	Kayla Rawlings	Canada	27.66
35	4	7	Yang Chin-Kuei	Chinese Taipei	27.82
-	5	8	Emily Wong	Canada	DSQ

B Final

The B final was held on August 20, at 18:57.[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Amanda Weir	United States	25.25
10	5	Renata Burgos	Brazil	25.90
11	6	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	26.04
12	8	Erica Morningstar	Canada	26.17
13	3	Kim Dal-Eun	South Korea	26.22
14	7	Hannah Wilson	Hong Kong	26.24
15	2	Liz Coster	New Zealand	26.44
16	1	Seanna Mitchell	Canada	26.54

A Final

The A final was held on August 20, at 18:57.[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Kara Lynn Joyce	United States	25.10
	4	Natalie Coughlin	United States	25.32
	6	Flávia Delaroli	Brazil	25.62
4	3	Rebeca Gusmão	Brazil	25.64
5	7	Melanie Schlanger	Australia	25.77
6	2	Michelle Engelsman	Australia	25.89
7	1	Victoria Poon	Canada	25.97
8	8	Kaori Yamada	Japan	26.18

References

1. "Results of the 50-metre freestyle heats at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
2. "Results of the 50-metre freestyle finals at 2006 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2006. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
3. "2006 Pan Pacific held in Victoria". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
4. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.