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. The defending champion was Bruno Fratus of Brazil.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record20.91São Paulo, Brazil18 December 2009Pan Pacific Championships record21.44Gold Coast, Australia24 August 2014

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:QAQualified A FinalQBQualified B FinalCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.

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.

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

B Final The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Blake Pieroni 22.22 10 Zachary Apple 22.30 11 Shunichi Nakao 22.36 12 Gabriel Santos 22.39 13 James Roberts 22.47 14 Jack Cartwright 22.65 15 Will Pisani 22.66 16 Owen Daly 22.84

A Final The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Michael Andrew 21.46 Caeleb Dressel 21.93 Yuri Kisil 22.02 4 Katsumi Nakamura 22.24 5 Shinri Shioura 22.27 6 Pedro Spajari 22.30 7 Daniel Hunter 22.39 8 Marcelo Chierighini 22.50

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