| Event: | Men's 50 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Venue: | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre |
| Location: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Dates: | 15 December (heats and semifinals) 16 December (final) |
| Competitors: | 40 |
| Nations: | 34 |
| Win Value: | 22.64 |
| Gold: | Ryan Murphy |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Isaac Cooper |
| Silvernoc: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Kacper Stokowski |
| Bronzenoc: | POL |
| Prev: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 and 16 December 2022.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were started on 15 December at 11:19.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 22.78 | Q, NR | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 22.79 | Q, OC | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 23.01 | Q | ||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 23.07 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 23.09 | Q | ||
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 23.10 | Q, NR | ||
| 7 | 3 | 8 | 23.12 | Q | ||
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 23.18 | Q | ||
| 8 | 6 | 8 | 23.18 | Q | ||
| 10 | 6 | 4 | 23.22 | Q | ||
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 23.25 | Q | ||
| 11 | 6 | 3 | 23.25 | Q | ||
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 23.26 | Q, NR | ||
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 23.28 | Q | ||
| 15 | 3 | 2 | 23.35 | Q | ||
| 16 | 6 | 6 | 23.38 | Q | ||
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 23.48 | NR | ||
| 18 | 5 | 8 | 23.49 | |||
| 19 | 5 | 7 | 23.55 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 3 | 23.58 | NR | ||
| 20 | 5 | 6 | 23.58 | |||
| 22 | 4 | 7 | 23.65 | |||
| 23 | 2 | 2 | 23.80 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 1 | 23.80 | |||
| 25 | 4 | 1 | 23.83 | |||
| 26 | 5 | 1 | 23.97 | |||
| 27 | 2 | 7 | 24.15 | NR | ||
| 28 | 3 | 5 | 24.29 | |||
| 28 | 6 | 1 | 24.29 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 4 | 24.31 | |||
| 31 | 3 | 6 | 24.36 | NR | ||
| 32 | 6 | 7 | 24.63 | |||
| 33 | 2 | 1 | 24.67 | |||
| 34 | 3 | 7 | 24.69 | |||
| 35 | 1 | 3 | 25.31 | NR | ||
| 36 | 1 | 4 | 25.71 | |||
| 37 | 1 | 5 | 26.18 | |||
| 38 | 1 | 6 | 26.84 | |||
| 39 | 1 | 7 | 27.19 | NR | ||
| 2 | 6 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | 5 | |||||
| 2 | 8 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | |||||
The semifinals were started on 15 December at 19:59.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 22.52 | Q, WJ, OC | ||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 22.74 | Q, NR | ||
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 22.74 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 22.86 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 22.90 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 22.90 | Q | ||
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 23.03 | Q | ||
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 23.05 | ,, NR | ||
| 8 | 1 | 6 | 23.05 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 23.05 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | 23.08 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 7 | 23.19 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 8 | 23.29 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 8 | 23.49 | |||
| 2 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 6 |
The swim-off was held on 16 December at 12:55.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 23.15 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 23.30 |
The final was held on 16 December at 21:11.[6]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 22.64 | |||||
| 4 | 22.73 | |||||
| 3 | 22.74 | =NR | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 22.81 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 22.84 | AF | |||
| 6 | 8 | 23.10 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 23.12 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 23.37 |