2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates	12 August (heats & finals)
Competitors	37 from 13 nations
Winning time	21.46
Medalists
Michael Andrew    United States   Caeleb Dressel    United States   Yuri Kisil    Canada

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] The defending champion was Bruno Fratus of Brazil.^[2]

Records

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

World record	César Cielo (BRA)	20.91	São Paulo, Brazil	18 December 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record	Bruno Fratus (BRA)	21.44	Gold Coast, Australia	24 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

QA

Qualified A Final

QB

Qualified B Final

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.^[3]

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Michael Andrew	United States	21.83	QA
2	Caeleb Dressel	United States	22.17	QA
3	Katsumi Nakamura	Japan	22.21	QA
4	Yuri Kisil	Canada	22.28	QA
5	Shinri Shioura	Japan	22.30	QA
6	Pedro Spajari	Brazil	22.32	QA
7	Marcelo Chierighini	Brazil	22.34	QA
8	Gabriel Santos	Brazil	22.49	QB
9	Daniel Hunter	New Zealand	22.51	QA
9	Zachary Apple	United States	22.51	QB
11	Blake Pieroni	United States	22.53	QB
12	Shunichi Nakao	Japan	22.54	QB
13	James Roberts	Australia	22.56	QB
14	Will Pisani	Canada	22.58	QB
15	Jack Cartwright	Australia	22.60	QB
16	Owen Daly	Canada	22.73	QB
17	Katsuhiro Matsumoto	Japan	22.97
17	Ruslan Gaziev	Canada	22.97
19	Alexander Graham	Australia	23.06
20	David Morgan	Australia	23.07
21	Reo Sakata	Japan	23.14
22	Marco Ferreira Júnior	Brazil	23.16
23	Elijah Winnington	Australia	23.28
24	Liu Shaofeng	China	23.35
25	Jarod Hatch	Philippines	23.97
26	Nao Horomura	Japan	24.16
27	Rafael Barreto	Philippines	24.52
28	Samir Al-Adawi	Oman	24.58
29	Timothy Yen	Philippines	25.01
30	Armand Chan	Philippines	25.35
31	Noel Keane	Palau	25.46
32	Lennosuke Suzuki	Northern Mariana Islands	26.58
33	Mark Imazu	Guam	27.99
34	Nelson Batallones	Northern Mariana Islands	29.74
–	Grant Irvine	Australia	DNS
–	Federico Grabich	Argentina	DNS
–	Nathan Adrian	United States	DNS

B Final

The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Blake Pieroni	United States	22.22
10	Zachary Apple	United States	22.30
11	Shunichi Nakao	Japan	22.36
12	Gabriel Santos	Brazil	22.39
13	James Roberts	Australia	22.47
14	Jack Cartwright	Australia	22.65
15	Will Pisani	Canada	22.66
16	Owen Daly	Canada	22.84

A Final

The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Michael Andrew	United States	21.46
	Caeleb Dressel	United States	21.93
	Yuri Kisil	Canada	22.02
4	Katsumi Nakamura	Japan	22.24
5	Shinri Shioura	Japan	22.27
6	Pedro Spajari	Brazil	22.30
7	Daniel Hunter	New Zealand	22.39
8	Marcelo Chierighini	Brazil	22.50

References

1. "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
2. "Results of the 50-metre freestyle finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 24 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
3. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
4. "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
5. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 50m Freestyle B-Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
6. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 50m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.