# Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 June 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Hunter Armstrong (USA) | 23.71 | Greensboro, United States | 28 April 2022 |
| Competition record | Liam Tancock (GBR) | 24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 24 June at 09:23.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Justin Ress | United States | 24.24 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 24.58 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 6 | 1 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 24.62 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Hunter Armstrong | United States | 24.63 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 24.64 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 24.67 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | 24.79 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 24.85 | Q, WD |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 24.88 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Mewen Tomac | France | 25.01 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Andrew Jeffcoat | New Zealand | 25.06 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Michael Laitarovsky | Israel | 25.08 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 25.10 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 8 | Xu Jiayu | China | 25.12 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Guilherme Basseto | Brazil | 25.15 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Michele Lamberti | Italy | 25.16 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | France | 25.16 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 3 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 25.18 | |
| 19 | 5 | 5 | Hugo González | Spain | 25.26 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Lee Ju-ho | South Korea | 25.31 | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 25.47 | |
| 21 | 5 | 3 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 25.47 | |
| 23 | 5 | 9 | Chuang Mu-lun | Chinese Taipei | 25.55 | |
| 24 | 3 | 2 | Ģirts Feldbergs | Latvia | 25.62 | |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | Bence Szentes | Hungary | 25.62 | |
| 26 | 6 | 9 | Quah Zheng Wen | Singapore | 25.79 | |
| 27 | 6 | 8 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 25.89 | |
| 28 | 4 | 0 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 26.01 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | I Gede Siman Sudartawa | Indonesia | 26.09 | |
| 30 | 3 | 1 | Jack Kirby | Barbados | 26.11 | |
| 31 | 6 | 0 | Charles Hockin | Paraguay | 26.17 | |
| 32 | 3 | 4 | Max Mannes | Luxembourg | 26.19 | |
| 33 | 5 | 0 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 26.23 | |
| 34 | 3 | 5 | Lau Shiu Yue | Hong Kong | 26.41 | |
| 35 | 3 | 7 | Elías Ardiles | Chile | 26.71 | |
| 36 | 3 | 6 | Filippos Iakovidis | Cyprus | 26.91 | |
| 37 | 2 | 0 | Ali Al-Essa | Saudi Arabia | 27.26 | |
| 38 | 1 | 4 | Omar Al-Rowaila | Brunei | 27.28 | |
| 39 | 3 | 0 | Bede Aitu | Cook Islands | 28.03 | |
| 40 | 1 | 3 | Mekhayl Engel | Curaçao | 28.10 | |
| 41 | 2 | 1 | Juhn Tenorio | Northern Mariana Islands | 28.18 | |
| 42 | 2 | 3 | Samiul Islam Rafi | Bangladesh | 28.22 | |
| 43 | 1 | 5 | Jeno Heyns | Suriname | 28.41 | |
| 44 | 3 | 8 | Andrej Stojanovski | North Macedonia | 28.43 | |
| 45 | 2 | 2 | José Manuel Campo | El Salvador | 28.45 | |
| 46 | 3 | 9 | Rohan Shearer | Turks and Caicos Islands | 28.89 | |
| 47 | 2 | 5 | Mohamed Aan Hussain | Maldives | 29.57 | |
| 48 | 2 | 4 | Adnan Kabuye | Uganda | 29.65 | |
| 49 | 2 | 7 | Aseel Khousrof | Yemen | 35.39 | |
| | 2 | 6 | Faizan Akbar | Pakistan | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 8 | Hasan Al-Zinkee | Iraq | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 2 | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 24 June at 19:09.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Justin Ress | United States | 24.14 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Hunter Armstrong | United States | 24.16 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 24.39 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 24.46 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 24.48 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Robert Glință | Romania | 24.54 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 24.60 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 24.61 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | France | 24.79 | |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | Guilherme Basseto | Brazil | 24.85 | |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Michele Lamberti | Italy | 24.86 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Xu Jiayu | China | 24.90 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Andrew Jeffcoat | New Zealand | 24.91 | |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Mewen Tomac | France | 24.91 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Michael Laitarovsky | Israel | 25.11 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 25.28 | |

### Final

The final was held on 25 June at 18:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Justin Ress | United States | 24.12 |
| | 5 | Hunter Armstrong | United States | 24.14 |
| | 2 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 24.49 |
| 4 | 6 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 24.51 |
| 5 | 3 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 24.57 |
| 5 | 7 | Robert Glință | Romania | 24.57 |
| 7 | 8 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 24.66 |
| 8 | 1 | Isaac Cooper | Australia | 24.76 |