Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre breaststroke
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	20 June (heats and semifinals) 21 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	65
Nations:	61
Win Value:	26.45
Gold:	Nic Fink
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Nicolò Martinenghi
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Michael Andrew
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were started on 20 June at 09:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	4	26.68	Q
2	6	4	26.71	Q
3	7	5	26.75	Q
4	5	4	26.85	Q
5	5	3	27.01	Q
6	6	2	27.12	Q, NR
7	7	7	27.15	Q
8	5	5	27.17	Q
9	6	3	27.22	Q
10	5	6	27.45	Q
11	6	7	27.48	Q
12	5	7	27.55	Q
13	6	5	27.56	Q
14	5	2	27.62	Q
15	4	2	27.64	Q, NR
15	7	2	27.64	Q
17	5	8	27.68
18	7	3	27.87
19	7	8	27.88
20	7	9	27.89	NR
21	7	6	27.90
22	6	8	27.91
23	6	6	27.92
24	4	4	27.99
25	4	1	28.11
26	4	3	28.21
27	4	8	28.22	NR
28	5	1	28.26
29	5	0	28.34
30	7	1	28.41
31	3	2	28.43	NR
32	6	1	28.47
33	7	0	28.59
34	3	7	28.61	NR
35	4	6	28.70
36	4	0	28.78
37	4	7	28.90
38	4	5	28.93
39	4	9	29.06
40	1	1	29.15
41	2	4	29.23
42	3	4	29.25
43	3	0	29.50
44	3	9	29.69
45	3	6	29.70
46	3	3	29.94
47	2	6	30.03	NR
48	3	8	30.07
49	1	7	30.13
50	3	1	30.14
51	2	2	31.00
52	2	7	31.70
53	1	5	31.80
54	2	9	34.92
55	1	3	38.14
56	1	8	39.58
57	2	1	40.56
	1	2
	1	4
	2	3
	2	5
	2	8
	5	9
	6	0
	6	9
	1	6
	2	0
	3	5

The semifinals were started on 20 June at 18:34.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	26.56	Q
2	1	4	26.73	Q
3	1	5	26.74	Q
4	2	3	26.99	Q
5	1	6	27.01	Q
6	2	6	27.07	Q
7	1	3	27.11	Q, NR
8	2	2	27.20	Q
9	1	7	27.34
10	2	1	27.37
11	1	2	27.42
12	2	7	27.44
13	2	8	27.52	NR
14	1	1	27.54
15	1	8	27.71
–	2	5	Disqualified

The final was held on 21 June at 19:11.^[5]