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

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 and 17 December 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | 20.16 | Budapest, Hungary | 21 November 2020 |
| Competition record | Florent Manaudou (FRA) | 20.26 | Doha, Qatar | 5 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 16 December at 12:14.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 3 | Jordan Crooks | Cayman Islands | 20.36 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 9 | 4 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.70 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 11 | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 20.88 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | 3 | Florent Manaudou | France | 20.94 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | 2 | Ian Ho | Hong Kong | 20.99 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 8 | 2 | Lewis Burras | Great Britain | 21.00 | Q |
| 6 | 11 | 5 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 21.00 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 5 | Michael Andrew | United States | 21.02 | Q, WD |
| 9 | 10 | 4 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 21.09 | Q |
| 10 | 10 | 6 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine | 21.13 | Q |
| 10 | 11 | 3 | Maxime Grousset | France | 21.13 | Q |
| 12 | 11 | 6 | Kosuke Matsui | Japan | 21.17 | Q |
| 12 | 10 | 2 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 21.17 | Q |
| 14 | 9 | 5 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | 21.21 | Q |
| 15 | 9 | 7 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | 21.25 | Q |
| 16 | 10 | 8 | Matej Duša | Slovakia | 21.29 | Q, NR |
| 17 | 10 | 7 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 21.30 | Q |
| 18 | 7 | 6 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 21.33 | |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Kenzo Simons | Netherlands | 21.33 | |
| 18 | 9 | 8 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 21.33 | NR |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands | 21.35 | |
| 22 | 11 | 8 | Ali Khalafalla | Egypt | 21.36 | NR |
| 23 | 7 | 8 | Nikola Miljenić | Croatia | 21.37 | |
| 24 | 7 | 4 | David Curtiss | United States | 21.40 | |
| 25 | 11 | 1 | Grayson Bell | Australia | 21.42 | |
| 24 | 11 | 7 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 21.42 | |
| 27 | 8 | 3 | Nicholas Lia | Norway | 21.43 | |
| 28 | 6 | 2 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 21.45 | NR |
| 29 | 8 | 6 | Isak Eliasson | Sweden | 21.47 | |
| 30 | 8 | 7 | Cameron Gray | New Zealand | 21.50 | NR |
| 31 | 7 | 5 | Josha Salchow | Germany | 21.52 | |
| 32 | 5 | 5 | Yang Jae-hoon | South Korea | 21.54 | NR |
| 32 | 9 | 6 | Karol Ostrowski | Poland | 21.54 | |
| 34 | 11 | 2 | Masahiro Kawane | Japan | 21.55 | |
| 35 | 7 | 1 | Julien Henx | Luxembourg | 21.57 | NR |
| 36 | 7 | 3 | Aleksey Tarasenko | Uzbekistan | 21.59 | NR |
| 37 | 8 | 1 | Wang Haoyu | China | 21.60 | |
| 38 | 8 | 8 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 21.61 | NR |
| 39 | 10 | 1 | Emre Sakçı | Turkey | 21.65 | |
| 40 | 7 | 7 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 21.68 | |
| 41 | 6 | 4 | Illia Linnyk | Ukraine | 21.73 | |
| 42 | 8 | 4 | Pedro Spajari | Brazil | 21.84 | |
| 43 | 6 | 5 | Xander Skinner | Namibia | 21.85 | NR |
| 44 | 6 | 1 | Deniel Nankov | Bulgaria | 21.89 | |
| 45 | 5 | 3 | Wu Chun-feng | Chinese Taipei | 22.05 | |
| 46 | 5 | 4 | Adi Mešetović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.27 | |
| 47 | 6 | 7 | Artur Barseghyan | Armenia | 22.30 | |
| 48 | 5 | 6 | Steven Aimable | Senegal | 22.42 | NR |
| 49 | 5 | 2 | Hansel McCaig | Fiji | 22.61 | NR |
| 50 | 5 | 7 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 22.76 | |
| 51 | 6 | 8 | Bernat Lomero | Andorra | 22.93 | |
| 52 | 4 | 3 | Issa Al-Adawi | Oman | 23.60 | |
| 53 | 5 | 1 | Alassane Seydou | Niger | 23.64 | |
| 54 | 5 | 8 | Leon Seaton | Guyana | 23.65 | NR |
| 55 | 3 | 4 | Brandon Schuster | Samoa | 23.71 | |
| 56 | 1 | 3 | Aryen Muravvej | Suspended Member Federation | 24.08 | |
| 57 | 4 | 1 | Mahmoud Abu Gharbieh | Palestine | 24.20 | |
| 58 | 4 | 2 | Myagmaryn Delgerkhüü | Mongolia | 24.21 | |
| 59 | 4 | 4 | Md Asif Reza | Bangladesh | 24.24 | |
| 60 | 4 | 6 | Martin Muja | Kosovo | 24.31 | |
| 61 | 4 | 7 | Josh Tarere | Papua New Guinea | 24.35 | |
| 62 | 4 | 8 | Clinton Opute | Nigeria | 24.47 | |
| 63 | 4 | 5 | Hilal Hilal | Tanzania | 24.84 | |
| 64 | 3 | 2 | Cedrick Niyibizi | Rwanda | 24.95 | |
| 65 | 9 | 1 | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 25.14 | |
| 66 | 2 | 8 | Shahbaz Khan | Pakistan | 25.16 | |
| 67 | 3 | 6 | Travis Sakurai | Palau | 25.57 | |
| 68 | 3 | 2 | Yann Douma | Republic of the Congo | 26.33 | |
| 69 | 3 | 7 | Kyler Kihleng | Federated States of Micronesia | 26.47 | |
| 70 | 1 | 5 | Ezuldeen Qatat | Libya | 26.52 | |
| 71 | 3 | 3 | Edgar Iro | Solomon Islands | 26.62 | |
| 72 | 1 | 6 | Pap Jonga | Gambia | 26.73 | |
| 73 | 3 | 1 | Phillip Kinono | Marshall Islands | 26.86 | |
| 74 | 3 | 8 | Fahim Anwari | Afghanistan | 27.30 | |
| 75 | 1 | 4 | Cameron Jele | Eswatini | 28.23 | |
| 76 | 2 | 3 | Jolanio Guterres | Timor-Leste | 29.09 | |
| 77 | 2 | 6 | Sheku Bangura | Sierra Leone | 29.38 | |
| 78 | 2 | 2 | Magnim Daou | Togo | 30.39 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Terence Tengue | Central African Republic | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 4 | Fodé Camara | Guinea | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 5 | Hakim Youssouf | Comoros | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 7 | Hugo Nguichie | Cameroon | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 6 | Sina Gholampour | Iran | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 7 | 2 | Sergio de Celis | Spain | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 16 December at 20:41.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Jordan Crooks | Cayman Islands | 20.31 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 20.76 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 20.83 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 20.91 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Lewis Burras | Great Britain | 20.94 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.94 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Florent Manaudou | France | 20.95 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Maxime Grousset | France | 20.97 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Ian Ho | Hong Kong | 21.04 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | 21.08 | |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 21.09 | NR |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | 21.12 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 21.13 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine | 21.29 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Matej Duša | Slovakia | 21.35 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Kosuke Matsui | Japan | 21.42 | |

### Final

The final was held on 17 December at 21:39.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Jordan Crooks | Cayman Islands | 20.46 |
| | 5 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 20.49 |
| | 7 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.72 |
| 4 | 3 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 20.84 |
| 5 | 8 | Maxime Grousset | France | 20.90 |
| 6 | 1 | Florent Manaudou | France | 20.91 |
| 7 | 6 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 20.92 |
| 8 | 2 | Lewis Burras | Great Britain | 20.95 |