2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	12 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	28
Nations:	8
Win Value:	23.81
Gold:	Cate Campbell
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Simone Manuel
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Emma McKeon
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women'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 Cate Campbell of Australia.^[2]

Records

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

World record		23.67	Budapest, Hungary	29 July 2017
Pan Pacific Championships record		23.96	Gold Coast, Australia	24 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

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QA

Qualified A Final

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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			24.41	QA
2			24.47	QA
3			24.56	QA
4			24.70	QA
5			24.76	QA
6			24.91	QA
6			24.91	QB
8			25.08	QB,
8			25.08	QB
10			25.11	QA
11			25.15	QB
12			25.23	QA
13			25.24
14			25.34	QB
15			25.35	QB
16			25.43	QB
17			25.46
18			25.50	QB
19			25.63
20			25.66	QB
21			25.73
22			25.79
23			26.13
24			26.23
25			26.35
26			27.05
27			29.55

B Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			24.70
10			24.80
11			25.04
12			25.08
13			25.28
14			25.54
15			25.60
16			25.64

A Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			23.81	CR
			24.22
			24.34
4			24.47
5			24.58
6			24.60
7			24.94
8			25.03

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 15 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 50-metre freestyle finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 24 August 2014 . 15 August 2018 . 23 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201023213002/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F028.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 50m Freestyle Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 12 August 2018 . 15 August 2018.
4. Web site: Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 April 2018 . 15 August 2018.
5. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 50m Freestyle B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 12 August 2018 . 15 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 50m Freestyle Final . Seiko.co.jp . 12 August 2018 . 15 August 2018.