1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the Port Island Sports Center.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Matt Biondi of USA.^[3]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.^[4]

Records

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

World record		48.42	Austin, United States	August 10, 1988
Pan Pacific Championships record		49.17	Tokyo, Japan	August 16, 1985

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 13.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			49.58	QA
2			49.62	QA
3			50.12	QA
4			50.53	QA
5			50.66	QA
6			50.67	QA
7			51.26	QA
8			51.31	QA
9			51.34	QB
10			51.34	QB
11			51.37	QB
12			51.52	QB
13			51.71	QB
14			51.73	QB
15			51.82	QB
16			51.85	QB
17			51.92
18			51.93
19			52.11
20			52.19
21			52.37
22			52.38
23			52.40
24			52.42
25			52.66
26			52.74
27			52.78
28			52.95
29			53.09
30			53.50
31			53.67
32			53.95
33			54.09
34			54.56

B Final

The B final was held on August 13.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			50.24
10			51.40
11			51.62
12			52.40
13			52.44
14			52.67
15			52.70
16			52.81

A Final

The A final was held on August 13.

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Time	Notes
			49.73
			50.02
	John Steel		50.12
4	Joe Hudepohl		50.13
5	Andrew Baildon		50.45
6			51.48
7			51.95
8			52.21

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 1993 Pan Pacific . Swim News . September 1993 . August 16, 2014.
2. Web site: Results of the 1993 Pan Pacific . USA Swimming . September 1993 . August 16, 2014.
3. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history
4. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual