# 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre butterfly

The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 and 14 December 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Nicholas Santos (BRA) Szebasztián Szabó (HUN) | 21.75 | Budapest, HungaryKazan, Russia | 6 October 20186 November 2021 |
| Competition record | Nicholas Santos (BRA) | 21.81 | Hangzhou, China | 15 December 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 14 December | Final | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 21.78 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 13 December at 12:12.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | 2 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 22.01 | Q, NR |
| 1 | 10 | 3 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 22.01 | Q, AS |
| 3 | 10 | 4 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 22.07 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 4 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.11 | Q |
| 5 | 10 | 6 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 22.19 | Q |
| 6 | 10 | 1 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 22.30 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 5 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 22.31 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Ilya Kharun | Canada | 22.32 | Q, WJ, NR |
| 8 | 10 | 5 | Matteo Rivolta | Italy | 22.32 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Michael Andrew | United States | 22.34 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Takeshi Kawamoto | Japan | 22.38 | Q |
| 12 | 10 | 2 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 22.41 | Q |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 22.44 | Q, NR |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 22.46 | Q |
| 15 | 9 | 7 | Youssef Ramadan | Egypt | 22.50 | Q, NR |
| 16 | 8 | 7 | Florent Manaudou | France | 22.53 | QSO |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 22.53 | QSO |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Yuya Tanaka | Japan | 22.54 | |
| 19 | 9 | 5 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 22.57 | |
| 20 | 5 | 6 | Karol Ostrowski | Poland | 22.71 | |
| 21 | 9 | 6 | Ümitcan Güreş | Turkey | 22.75 | |
| 22 | 9 | 8 | Jakub Majerski | Poland | 22.80 | |
| 23 | 5 | 4 | Mario Mollà | Spain | 22.83 | |
| 24 | 6 | 8 | Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 22.84 | |
| 25 | 6 | 3 | Gabriel Santos | Brazil | 22.89 | |
| 26 | 5 | 7 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 22.90 | |
| 26 | 6 | 5 | Nikola Miljenić | Croatia | 22.90 | |
| 26 | 7 | 6 | Cameron Gray | New Zealand | 22.90 | |
| 29 | 7 | 8 | Andrii Govorov | Ukraine | 22.92 | |
| 30 | 10 | 7 | Nicholas Lia | Norway | 23.00 | |
| 31 | 7 | 3 | Oskar Hoff | Sweden | 23.01 | |
| 32 | 6 | 7 | Adilbek Mussin | Kazakhstan | 23.09 | NR |
| 33 | 8 | 8 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt | 23.11 | |
| 34 | 6 | 4 | Josif Miladinov | Bulgaria | 23.17 | |
| 35 | 5 | 3 | Lewis Burras | United Kingdom | 23.18 | |
| 36 | 7 | 1 | Ng Cheuk Yin | Hong Kong | 23.19 | |
| 37 | 7 | 2 | Ádám Halás | Slovakia | 23.29 | |
| 38 | 5 | 1 | Julien Henx | Luxembourg | 23.30 | |
| 38 | 7 | 7 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | 23.30 | |
| 40 | 6 | 1 | Ben Hockin | Paraguay | 23.32 | |
| 40 | 10 | 8 | José Martínez | Mexico | 23.32 | |
| 42 | 6 | 6 | Daniel Gracík | Czech Republic | 23.36 | |
| 43 | 5 | 5 | Clayton Jimmie | South Africa | 23.41 | |
| 44 | 7 | 5 | Alberto Lozano | Spain | 23.43 | |
| 45 | 5 | 8 | Eldor Usmonov | Uzbekistan | 23.50 | |
| 46 | 6 | 2 | Artur Barseghyan | Armenia | 23.65 | |
| 47 | 5 | 2 | Wang Kuan-hung | Chinese Taipei | 23.68 | |
| 48 | 4 | 5 | Jesse Ssengonzi | Uganda | 23.79 | NR |
| 49 | 2 | 6 | Andrei Anghel | Romania | 23.85 | |
| 50 | 4 | 4 | Abeku Jackson | Ghana | 23.87 | |
| 51 | 4 | 6 | Bernat Lomero | Andorra | 24.29 | |
| 52 | 4 | 2 | Ayman Kelzi | Syria | 24.34 | NR |
| 53 | 4 | 8 | Kokoro Frost | Samoa | 25.03 | |
| 54 | 3 | 3 | Epeli Herbert Jordan Rabua | Fiji | 25.60 | |
| 55 | 3 | 5 | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 25.90 | |
| 56 | 1 | 4 | Aryen Muravvej | Suspended Member Federation | 26.59 | |
| 57 | 3 | 6 | Alassane Seydou Lancina | Niger | 26.63 | |
| 58 | 3 | 2 | Nathaniel Noka | Papua New Guinea | 26.85 | |
| 59 | 3 | 7 | Troy Pina | Cape Verde | 26.90 | |
| 60 | 1 | 5 | Shahbaz Khan | Pakistan | 27.41 | |
| 61 | 2 | 2 | Travis Dui Sakurai | Palau | 28.20 | |
| 62 | 3 | 1 | Fahim Anwari | Afghanistan | 28.48 | |
| 63 | 3 | 8 | Simanga Dlamini | Eswatini | 28.70 | |
| 64 | 1 | 3 | Pap Jonga | Gambia | 29.20 | |
| 65 | 2 | 3 | Ezuldeen Qatat | Libya | 29.48 | |
| 66 | 2 | 5 | Magnim Jordano Daou | Togo | 34.76 | |
| | 3 | 4 | Aidan Carroll | Gibraltar | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 2 | 4 | Ibrahim Mohamed | Comoros | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 7 | Sheku Bangura | Sierra Leone | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 1 | Matthew Lawrence | Mozambique | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 3 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 7 | Akalanka Peiris | Sri Lanka | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 8 | 1 | Chen Juner | China | Did not start | Did not start |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 13 December at 13:33.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France | 22.31 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Nyls Korstanje | Czech Republic | 22.35 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 13 December at 19:55.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 21.90 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.02 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 22.04 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 22.08 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 22.09 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 22.14 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 22.18 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Ilya Kharun | Canada | 22.28 | QSO, WJ, NR |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 22.28 | QSO, NR |
| 10 | 2 | 8 | Youssef Ramadan | Egypt | 22.32 | NR |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 22.35 | NR |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 22.37 | |
| 12 | 1 | 8 | Florent Manaudou | France | 22.37 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Michael Andrew | United States | 22.47 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Takeshi Kawamoto | Japan | 22.50 | |
| | 2 | 2 | Matteo Rivolta | Italy | Disqualified | Disqualified |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 14 December at 10:55.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 22.15 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 4 | Ilya Kharun | Canada | 22.28 | =WJ, =NR |

### Final

The final was held on 14 December at 21:20.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Nicholas Santos | Brazil | 21.78 | CR |
| | 3 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 21.96 | NR |
| | 4 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 21.98 | |
| 4 | 1 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 22.01 | =AS |
| 5 | 2 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 22.11 | |
| 6 | 5 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.14 | |
| 7 | 7 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 22.17 | |
| 8 | 8 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 22.38 | |