Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	21 June (heats and semifinals) 22 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	39
Nations:	36
Win Value:	27.31
Gold:	Kylie Masse
Gold Nation:	CAN
Silver:	Katharine Berkoff
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Analia Pigrée
Bronze Nation:	FRA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 21 June at 09:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	5	27.26	Q
2	3	4	27.49	Q
3	4	3	27.55	Q
4	3	5	27.70	Q
5	2	5	27.75	Q
6	2	6	27.83	Q
7	3	3	27.86	Q
8	2	4	27.94	Q
9	4	8	27.95	Q
10	2	3	28.04	Q
11	4	6	28.06	Q
12	4	2	28.12	Q
13	4	4	28.17	Q
14	3	7	28.37	Q
15	4	1	28.38	Q
16	2	2	28.47	Q
17	2	7	28.49
18	3	2	28.50
19	3	6	28.54
20	3	1	28.56
21	4	7	28.67
22	3	8	28.70
23	2	1	29.06
24	4	0	29.72
25	3	0	29.81
26	4	9	30.46
27	2	8	30.48
28	3	9	30.57
29	2	0	30.61
30	1	3	31.38
31	1	8	31.95
32	1	6	32.33
33	2	9	32.74
34	1	4	32.76
35	1	1	32.91
36	1	5	32.94
37	1	2	33.18
38	1	7	34.53
39	1	0	39.30

The semifinals were started on 21 June at 18:37.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	27.22	Q
2	2	3	27.29	Q, NR
2	1	5	27.29	Q
4	2	5	27.39	Q
5	1	4	27.40	Q
6	1	6	27.58	Q
7	2	1	27.69	Q
8	1	3	27.72
8	2	6	27.72
10	1	2	27.77
11	2	2	27.83
12	1	7	27.99
12	2	7	27.99
14	1	8	28.11
15	2	8	28.26
16	1	1	28.35

The swim-off was held on 21 June at 20:24.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			27.56	Q
2	5			27.65	NR

The final was held on 22 June at 18:30.^[6]