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

The Women'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 | Maggie Mac Neil (CAN) | 25.27 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 20 December 2021 |
| Competition record | Maggie Mac Neil (CAN) | 25.27 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 20 December 2021 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 16 December | Final | Maggie Mac Neil | Canada | 25.25 | WR, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats was started on 15 December at 11:05.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 6 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 25.85 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 25.94 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 7 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 25.99 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Claire Curzan | United States | 26.07 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | 26.07 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 26.07 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 26.09 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | Maggie Mac Neil | Canada | 26.09 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Simona Kubová | Czech Republic | 26.17 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 26.24 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 5 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 26.32 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Wan Letian | China | 26.38 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 26.40 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | Mary-Ambre Moluh | France | 26.45 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | Erika Brown | United States | 26.50 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 5 | Analia Pigrée | France | 26.54 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 8 | Medi Harris | Great Britain | 26.68 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Kim San-ha | South Korea | 26.70 | NR |
| 19 | 6 | 7 | Miki Takahashi | Japan | 26.77 | |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Adela Piskorska | Poland | 26.77 | |
| 21 | 7 | 3 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 26.81 | |
| 22 | 5 | 7 | Peng Xuwei | China | 26.99 | |
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 27.15 | |
| 24 | 3 | 6 | Miranda Grana | Mexico | 27.17 | |
| 25 | 5 | 2 | Ingeborg Løyning | Norway | 27.20 | |
| 26 | 4 | 6 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 27.30 | |
| 26 | 7 | 8 | Stephanie Au | Hong Kong | 27.30 | |
| 28 | 5 | 1 | Emma Godwin | New Zealand | 27.37 | |
| 29 | 3 | 7 | Abril Aunchayna | Uruguay | 28.06 | |
| 29 | 4 | 3 | Alexia Sotomayor | Peru | 28.06 | NR |
| 31 | 4 | 1 | Milla Drakopoulos | South Africa | 28.08 | |
| 31 | 5 | 8 | Chloe Isleta | Philippines | 28.08 | |
| 33 | 4 | 8 | Teresa Ivanová | Slovakia | 28.29 | |
| 34 | 3 | 4 | Amani Al-Obaidli | Bahrain | 28.76 | |
| 35 | 3 | 5 | Donata Katai | Zimbabwe | 28.83 | |
| 36 | 3 | 3 | Carolina Cermelli | Panama | 29.00 | NR |
| 37 | 4 | 7 | Marie Khoury | Lebanon | 29.35 | |
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Enkh-Amgalangiin Ariuntamir | Mongolia | 29.68 | NR |
| 39 | 3 | 2 | Nubia Adjei | Ghana | 29.96 | NR |
| 40 | 3 | 1 | Salome Nikolaishvili | Georgia | 30.11 | |
| 41 | 2 | 8 | Cheang Weng Lam | Macau | 30.24 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Idealy Tendrinavalona | Madagascar | 32.19 | |
| 43 | 2 | 1 | Naya Hughes | Botswana | 32.20 | |
| 44 | 2 | 6 | Ria Save | Tanzania | 32.90 | |
| 45 | 2 | 2 | Aishath Sausan | Maldives | 33.10 | |
| 46 | 2 | 3 | Shoko Litulumar | Northern Mariana Islands | 33.86 | |
| 47 | 2 | 5 | Noelani Day | Tonga | 33.92 | |
| 48 | 2 | 7 | Kayla Hepler | Marshall Islands | 33.99 | |
| 49 | 1 | 5 | Rosha Neupane | Nepal | 35.28 | |
| 50 | 1 | 4 | Raya Young | Eswatini | 35.86 | |
| | 3 | 8 | Ganga Senavirathne | Sri Lanka | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals was started on 15 December at 19:48.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Claire Curzan | United States | 25.60 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Maggie Mac Neil | Canada | 25.64 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 25.69 | Q, OC |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 25.97 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 25.99 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | 26.01 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 26.02 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 26.02 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 26.09 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 26.17 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Analia Pigrée | France | 26.26 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Simona Kubová | Czech Republic | 26.32 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 26.39 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Wan Letian | China | 26.48 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Mary-Ambre Moluh | France | 26.54 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Erika Brown | United States | 26.56 | |

### Final

The final was held on 16 December at 20:06.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Maggie Mac Neil | Canada | 25.25 | WR |
| | 4 | Claire Curzan | United States | 25.54 | NR |
| | 3 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 25.61 | OC |
| 4 | 6 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 25.81 | |
| 5 | 2 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 26.00 | |
| 6 | 7 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | 26.05 | |
| 7 | 1 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 26.14 | |
| 8 | 8 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 26.16 | |