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

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 and 16 December 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Florent Manaudou (FRA) | 22.22 | Doha, Qatar | 6 December 2014 |
| Competition record | Florent Manaudou (FRA) | 22.22 | Doha, Qatar | 6 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 15 December at 11:19.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 22.78 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 22.79 | Q, OC |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 23.01 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.07 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 23.09 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 23.10 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 3 | 8 | Andrei Anghel | Romania | 23.12 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 23.18 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 8 | Hunter Armstrong | United States | 23.18 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 23.22 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 23.25 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Takeshi Kawamoto | Japan | 23.25 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 23.26 | Q, NR |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 23.28 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 23.35 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 6 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 23.38 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | Thierry Bollin | Switzerland | 23.48 | NR |
| 18 | 5 | 8 | Cameron Gray | New Zealand | 23.49 | |
| 19 | 5 | 7 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 23.55 | |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 23.58 | NR |
| 20 | 5 | 6 | Mewen Tomac | France | 23.58 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Markus Lie | Norway | 23.65 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | João Costa | Portugal | 23.80 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Bradley Woodward | Australia | 23.80 | |
| 25 | 4 | 1 | Ng Cheuk Yin | Hong Kong | 23.83 | |
| 26 | 5 | 1 | Wang Gukailai | China | 23.97 | |
| 27 | 2 | 7 | Chuang Mu-lun | Chinese Taipei | 24.15 | NR |
| 28 | 3 | 5 | Charles Hockin | Paraguay | 24.29 | |
| 28 | 6 | 1 | Rasim Oğulcan Gör | Turkey | 24.29 | |
| 30 | 2 | 4 | Maximillian Wilson | United States Virgin Islands | 24.31 | |
| 31 | 3 | 6 | Jerard Jacinto | Philippines | 24.36 | NR |
| 32 | 6 | 7 | Doruk Tekin | Turkey | 24.63 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Ģirts Feldbergs | Latvia | 24.67 | |
| 34 | 3 | 7 | Armin Evert Lelle | Estonia | 24.69 | |
| 35 | 1 | 3 | Miguel Vásquez | Guatemala | 25.31 | NR |
| 36 | 1 | 4 | Abdellah Ardjoune | Algeria | 25.71 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Kokoro Frost | Samoa | 26.18 | |
| 38 | 1 | 6 | Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi | Tonga | 26.84 | |
| 39 | 1 | 7 | Ayman Kelzi | Syria | 27.19 | NR |
| | 2 | 6 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 1 | 2 | Sheku Kamara | Sierra Leone | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 3 | Akalanka Peiris | Sri Lanka | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 5 | Ziyad Saleem | Sudan | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 8 | Yazan Al-Bawwab | Palestine | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 4 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 15 December at 19:59.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 22.52 | Q, WJ, OC |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 22.74 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 22.74 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 22.86 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.90 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 22.90 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 23.03 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 23.05 | QSO, WD, NR |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 23.05 | QSO |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Hunter Armstrong | United States | 23.05 | QSO |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 23.08 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Takeshi Kawamoto | Japan | 23.19 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 23.29 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 23.49 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 2 | 6 | Andrei Anghel | Romania | Disqualified | Disqualified |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 16 December at 12:55.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 23.15 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Hunter Armstrong | United States | 23.30 | |

### Final

The final was held on 16 December at 21:11.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 22.64 | |
| | 4 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 22.73 | |
| | 3 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 22.74 | =NR |
| 4 | 7 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 22.81 | |
| 5 | 6 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 22.84 | AF |
| 6 | 8 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 23.10 | |
| 6 | 2 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.12 | |
| 8 | 1 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 23.37 | |