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

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 17 and 18 December 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Emre Sakçı (TUR) | 24.95 | Gaziantep, Turkey | 27 December 2021 |
| Competition record | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 25.41 | Hangzhou, China | 16 December 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 18 December | Final | Nic Fink | United States | 25.38 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 17 December at 12:51.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | 4 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | 25.71 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | 1 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.01 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 6 | Yan Zibei | China | 26.06 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | Nic Fink | United States | 26.07 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | Qin Haiyang | China | 26.13 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Yuya Hinomoto | Japan | 26.15 | Q |
| 7 | 9 | 5 | Simone Cerasuolo | Italy | 26.16 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Michael Andrew | United States | 26.17 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 4 | Emre Sakçı | Turkey | 26.26 | Q |
| 10 | 9 | 3 | Peter John Stevens | Slovenia | 26.31 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | Grayson Bell | Australia | 26.37 | Q |
| 11 | 9 | 8 | Carl Aitkaci | France | 26.37 | Q |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Sam Williamson | Australia | 26.42 | Q |
| 14 | 8 | 8 | Chao Man Hou | Macau | 26.46 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 26.47 | Q, NR |
| 16 | 8 | 6 | Masaki Niiyama | Japan | 26.51 | QSO |
| 16 | 9 | 7 | Olli Kokko | Finland | 26.51 | QSO |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 26.64 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Wu Chun-feng | Chinese Taipei | 26.67 | NR |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Lucas Matzerath | Germany | 26.67 | |
| 21 | 7 | 8 | Denis Petrashov | Kyrgyzstan | 26.71 | NR |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 26.80 | |
| 23 | 9 | 6 | Caspar Corbeau | Netherlands | 26.83 | |
| 24 | 7 | 1 | Renato Prono | Paraguay | 26.92 | |
| 25 | 6 | 7 | Josh Gilbert | New Zealand | 26.95 | |
| 26 | 5 | 5 | Volodymyr Lisovets | Ukraine | 27.04 | |
| 27 | 8 | 7 | Christoffer Haarsaker | Norway | 27.05 | |
| 28 | 4 | 6 | Maximillian Ang | Singapore | 27.09 | NR |
| 29 | 5 | 4 | Ádám Halás | Slovakia | 27.12 | |
| 30 | 6 | 2 | Jadon Wuilliez | Netherlands Antilles | 27.16 | |
| 30 | 6 | 6 | Matěj Zábojník | Czech Republic | 27.16 | |
| 32 | 6 | 5 | Josué Domínguez | Dominican Republic | 27.18 | |
| 33 | 6 | 8 | James Dergousoff | Canada | 27.19 | |
| 34 | 6 | 4 | Youssef El-Kamash | Egypt | 27.28 | |
| 35 | 4 | 4 | Ronan Wantenaar | Namibia | 27.45 | NR |
| 36 | 5 | 2 | Constantin Malachi | Moldova | 27.63 | |
| 37 | 4 | 1 | Rashed Al-Tarmoom | Kuwait | 27.66 | NR |
| 38 | 5 | 8 | Simon Haddon | South Africa | 27.67 | |
| 39 | 5 | 3 | Julio Horrego | Honduras | 27.71 | |
| 40 | 4 | 2 | Adriel Sanes | United States Virgin Islands | 27.76 | |
| 41 | 4 | 3 | Adrian Robinson | Botswana | 27.79 | NR |
| 41 | 4 | 5 | Martin Melconian | Uruguay | 27.79 | |
| 43 | 5 | 6 | Ng Yan Kin | Hong Kong | 27.92 | |
| 44 | 3 | 4 | Alexandre Grand'Pierre | Haiti | 27.99 | NR |
| 45 | 3 | 6 | Tasi Limtiaco | Federated States of Micronesia | 28.26 | |
| 46 | 4 | 8 | Abobakr Abass | Sudan | 28.44 | NR |
| 47 | 3 | 5 | Jonathan Raharvel | Madagascar | 28.55 | |
| 48 | 1 | 5 | Sébastien Kouma | Mali | 28.73 | |
| 49 | 3 | 1 | Epeli Rabua | Fiji | 28.84 | |
| 50 | 3 | 7 | Jesús Cabrera | Bolivia | 29.25 | |
| 51 | 1 | 4 | Myagmaryn Delgerkhüü | Mongolia | 29.85 | |
| 52 | 2 | 4 | Omar Al-Hammadi | United Arab Emirates | 29.96 | |
| 53 | 3 | 8 | Hilal Hilal | Tanzania | 30.23 | |
| 54 | 2 | 3 | Bikash Kumal | Nepal | 31.11 | |
| 55 | 2 | 6 | Nathaniel Noka | Papua New Guinea | 31.62 | |
| 56 | 2 | 7 | Cameron Jele | Eswatini | 34.95 | |
| | 2 | 5 | Marc Dansou | Benin | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 3 | 2 | Muhammad Isa Ahmad | Brunei | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 5 | 1 | Tonislav Sabev | Bulgaria | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 6 | 1 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 8 | 5 | João Gomes Júnior | Brazil | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 1 | 3 | Yann Douma | Republic of the Congo | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 2 | Sheku Kamara | Sierra Leone | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 3 | Matthew Lawrence | Mozambique | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 3 | Anton McKee | Iceland | Did not start | Did not start |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 17 December at 13:33.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Olli Kokko | Finland | 26.24 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 4 | Masaki Niiyama | Japan | 26.50 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 17 December at 21:17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | 25.60 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Nic Fink | United States | 25.64 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Simone Cerasuolo | Italy | 25.66 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Yan Zibei | China | 25.80 | Q, AS |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Michael Andrew | United States | 25.81 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Qin Haiyang | China | 25.81 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 25.85 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Emre Sakçı | Turkey | 26.04 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Yuya Hinomoto | Japan | 26.13 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Grayson Bell | Australia | 26.24 | =OC |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Olli Kokko | Finland | 26.25 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Sam Williamson | Australia | 26.25 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Peter John Stevens | Slovenia | 26.33 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Carl Aitkaci | France | 26.41 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 26.66 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Chao Man Hou | Macau | 26.77 | |

### Final

The final was held on 18 December at 20:01.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Nic Fink | United States | 25.38 | CR, AM |
| | 4 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | 25.42 | |
| | 3 | Simone Cerasuolo | Italy | 25.68 | |
| 4 | 7 | Qin Haiyang | China | 25.82 | |
| 5 | 2 | Michael Andrew | United States | 25.92 | |
| 6 | 1 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 25.99 | |
| 7 | 6 | Yan Zibei | China | 26.06 | |
| 8 | 8 | Emre Sakçı | Turkey | 26.09 | |