1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Kinsmen Sports Center
Dates:	August 25, 1991 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	28
Nations:	9
Win Value:	22.21
Gold:	Tom Jager
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Matt Biondi
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Darren Lange
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	1989
Next:	1993

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 25 at the Kinsmen Sports Center.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Tom Jager of US.^[3]

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.^[4]

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.

Heats

The first round was held on August 25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			22.14	QA
2			22.31	QA
3			22.32	QA
4			22.93	QA
5			22.99	QA
6			23.07	QA
7			23.13	QA
8			23.25	QA
8			23.25	QA
10			23.48	QB
11			23.52	QB
12			23.55	QB
13			23.56	QB
14			23.59	QB
15			23.74	QB
16			23.79	QB
17			23.85
18			23.98
19			23.99
19			23.99
21			24.04
22			24.07
23			24.09
24			24.14
25			24.21
26			24.47
27			24.62
28			24.68

B Final

The B final was held on August 25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			22.40
10			23.24
11			23.75
12			23.89
13			23.97
14			24.11
15			24.17
16			24.27

A Final

The A final was held on August 25.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			22.21
			22.30
	Darren Lange		23.00
4	Andrew Baildon		23.11
4	Dean Kondziolka		23.11
6			23.45
7			23.70
8			23.73

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1991 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1991 . August 11, 2014.
2. Web site: Results of the 1991 Pan Pacific . USA Swimming . September 1991 . August 11, 2014 . December 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217030602/http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/324a9f51-57e3-4d29-a30a-2f62f3ab4750/91_panpac%5B1%5D.pdf . dead .
3. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
4. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . 23 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . 28 July 2011 .