| Event: | Men's 100 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | Saanich Commonwealth Place |
| Dates: | August 17, 2006 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 33 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Win Value: | 53.32 |
| Gold: | Aaron Peirsol |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Ryan Lochte |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Tomomi Morita |
| Bronzenoc: | JPN |
| Prev: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2010 |
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 17 at the Saanich Commonwealth Place.[1] [2] [3] The last champion was Aaron Peirsol of US.[4]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[5]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 53.17 | Indianapolis, United States | April 2, 2005 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 53.60 | Sydney, Australia | August 27, 1999 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 17, at 10:47.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Ryan Lochte | 53.78 | QA | ||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Aaron Peirsol | 53.88 | QA | ||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Randall Bal | 54.09 | QA | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Tomomi Morita | 54.75 | QA | ||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Peter Marshall | 54.83 | QA | ||
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 54.90 | QA | |||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | David Plummer | 55.04 | QA | ||
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Matt Welsh | 55.14 | QA | ||
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Ashley Delaney | 55.32 | QB | ||
| 10 | 4 | 5 | 55.42 | QB | |||
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Gerhard Zandberg | 55.45 | QB | ||
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Andrew Lauterstein | 55.56 | QB | ||
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Hayden Stoeckel | 55.69 | QB | ||
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Ryosuke Irie | 55.72 | QB | ||
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Sun Hongzhe | 56.07 | QB | ||
| 16 | 3 | 2 | George Du Rand | 56.13 | QB | ||
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Ethan Rolff | 56.32 | |||
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Lucas Salatta | 56.48 | |||
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Keng Liat Lim | 56.96 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Matthew Hawes | 56.99 | |||
| 21 | 5 | 8 | Jake Tapp | 57.03 | |||
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Keith Beavers | 57.36 | |||
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Pascal Wollach | 57.46 | |||
| 24 | 2 | 3 | Charles Francis | 57.68 | |||
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Lee Seung-Hyeon | 57.81 | |||
| 26 | 1 | 5 | Sun Xiaolei | 57.94 | |||
| 27 | 2 | 7 | John Zulch | 58.07 | |||
| 28 | 2 | 5 | Dean Kent | 58.86 | |||
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Feng Lizhong | 59.35 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 6 | Yuan Ping | 1:00.48 | |||
| 31 | 3 | 8 | Zhang Yu | 1:00.60 | |||
| 32 | 1 | 4 | Lin Yu-An | 1:00.97 | |||
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Bogdan Knezevic | 1:04.01 |
The B final was held on August 17, at 19:24.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | 53.84 | ||||
| 10 | 5 | Masafumi Yamaguchi | 55.06 | |||
| 11 | 3 | Andrew Lauterstein | 55.53 | |||
| 12 | 1 | Jake Tapp | 57.19 | |||
| 13 | 2 | Keng Liat Lim | 57.45 | |||
| 14 | 7 | Matthew Hawes | 57.46 | |||
| 15 | 6 | Lucas Salatta | 57.65 | |||
| 16 | 8 | Lee Seung-Hyeon | 58.14 |
The A final was held on August 17, at 19:24.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 53.32 | CR | ||||
| 4 | Ryan Lochte | 54.02 | ||||
| 3 | Tomomi Morita | 54.38 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | 54.71 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | Matt Welsh | 55.12 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Ashley Delaney | 55.43 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Gerhard Zandberg | 55.65 | |||
| 8 | 8 | George Du Rand | 56.55 |