2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
# 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The men's 50 metre breaststroke competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 20 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. It was the first appearance of this event in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows:

| World record | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 26.67 | Rome, Italy | July 29, 2009 |
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## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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### Heats

The first round was held on August 20, at 11:51.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 3 | 4 | Felipe França | Brazil | 27.34 | QA, CR |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | 27.64 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Ryo Tateishi | Japan | 27.74 | QA |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Mark Gangloff | United States | 27.75 | QA |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Brenton Rickard | Australia | 27.77 | QA |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Michael Alexandrov | United States | 27.78 | QA |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Scott Spann | United States | 27.82 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | João Luiz Gomes Júnior | Brazil | 27.83 | QA |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Scott Dickens | Canada | 27.89 | QB |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 27.90 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 27.93 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 27.97 | QB |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Henrique Barbosa | Brazil | 28.01 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Naoya Tomita | Japan | 28.05 | QB |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Yuta Suenaga | Japan | 28.07 | QB |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | Warren Barnes | Canada | 28.23 | QB |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Wong Chun Yan | Hong Kong | 28.79 | |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | Neil Versfeld | South Africa | 28.85 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Timothy Ferris | Zimbabwe | 28.93 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Choi Kyu-Woong | South Korea | 28.97 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Paul Kornfeld | Canada | 29.00 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Tsui Hoi Tung | Hong Kong | 30.35 | |
| 23 | 3 | 3 | Eduardo Fischer | Brazil | DSQ | |

### B Final

The B final was held on August 20, at 19:53.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
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| 9 | 3 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 27.83 |
| 10 | 6 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 27.94 |
| 11 | 5 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 27.98 |
| 12 | 4 | Scott Spann | United States | 28.09 |
| 13 | 7 | Warren Barnes | Canada | 28.33 |
| 14 | 2 | Naoya Tomita | Japan | 28.50 |
| 15 | 8 | Neil Versfeld | South Africa | 28.82 |
| 16 | 1 | Wong Chun Yan | Hong Kong | 29.03 |

### A Final

The A final was held on August 20, at 19:53.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| | 4 | Felipe França | Brazil | 27.26 | CR |
| | 6 | Mark Gangloff | United States | 27.52 | |
| | 8 | Scott Dickens | Canada | 27.63 | |
| 4 | 2 | Brenton Rickard | Australia | 27.65 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ryo Tateishi | Japan | 27.67 | |
| 5 | 5 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan | 27.67 | |
| 7 | 1 | João Luiz Gomes Júnior | Brazil | 27.69 | |
| 8 | 7 | Michael Alexandrov | United States | 27.70 | |
