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

Event:	Women's 50 metre breaststroke
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	24 June (heats and semifinals) 25 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	56
Nations:	50
Win Value:	29.70
Gold:	Rūta Meilutytė
Gold Nation:	LTU
Silver:	Benedetta Pilato
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Lara van Niekerk
Bronze Nation:	RSA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 24 June at 09:38.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	4	29.77	Q
2	6	4	29.80	Q
3	6	2	30.08	Q, NR
4	5	1	30.12	Q
5	6	7	30.36	Q
6	5	3	30.53	Q
7	6	3	30.64	Q
8	5	2	30.66	Q
9	4	4	30.70	Q
9	6	8	30.70	Q
11	5	6	30.71	Q
12	4	5	30.80	Q
13	4	3	30.82	Q
14	5	7	30.93	Q
15	4	2	30.99	Q
16	5	5	31.02	Q
17	6	6	31.10
18	4	0	31.24
19	4	1	31.31
20	5	8	31.35
21	6	0	31.37
22	4	7	31.40
23	4	8	31.61
24	3	3	31.71
25	3	5	31.75
26	6	1	31.83
27	5	0	31.92
27	6	9	31.92
29	4	6	31.94
30	3	8	32.07
31	3	6	32.08
32	3	2	32.17
33	3	4	32.32
34	4	9	32.34
35	5	9	32.58
36	3	7	32.80
37	3	1	32.98
38	2	3	32.99
39	2	7	33.31
40	2	4	33.64
41	2	0	33.84
42	2	5	34.17
43	2	6	34.25
44	2	2	34.49
45	2	1	34.97
46	2	8	35.04
47	3	9	35.12
48	2	9	35.80
49	1	0	36.30
50	1	4	37.77
50	1	6	37.77
52	1	9	38.97
53	1	3	42.26
54	1	5	44.30
	1	7
	6	5
	1	1
	1	2
	1	8
	3	0

The semifinals were started on 24 June at 18:27.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	4	29.83	Q
2	1	8	29.97	Q
3	2	4	29.99	Q
4	2	3	30.10	Q
5	2	5	30.24	Q
6	1	3	30.28	Q, SA
7	1	5	30.30	Q
8	2	2	30.35	Q
9	2	1	30.54
10	2	6	30.56
11	1	7	30.71
12	1	6	30.76
13	2	8	30.89
14	2	7	30.94
15	1	2	30.98
16	1	1	30.99

The final was held on 25 June at 18:09.^[5]