The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 June 2022.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results Heats The heats were held on 23 June at 09:30.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 10 5 Bruno Fratus 21.71 Q 2 9 3 Joshua Liendo 21.72 Q 3 8 4 Michael Andrew 21.74 Q 4 9 4 Ben Proud 21.76 Q 5 10 6 Vladyslav Bukhov 21.87 Q 6 10 2 Lewis Burras 21.89 Q 7 10 3 Kristian Gkolomeev 21.90 Q 8 8 5 Thom de Boer 21.91 Q 9 8 6 Lorenzo Zazzeri 21.95 Q 10 8 3 Paweł Juraszek 21.97 Q 10 9 6 Maxime Grousset 21.97 Q 12 9 1 Szebasztián Szabó 21.99 Q 13 9 5 Florent Manaudou 22.04 Q 14 8 7 Meiron Cheruti 22.07 Q 15 9 2 Jesse Puts 22.09 Q 16 9 7 Alberto Mestre 22.12 Q 17 6 2 Dylan Carter 22.19 17 6 6 Ji Yu-chan 22.19 19 5 5 Jordan Crooks 22.20 NR 20 8 0 Nicholas Lia 22.26 20 10 8 Luiz Gustavo Borges 22.26 22 7 4 Andrej Barna 22.30 23 10 1 Ian Ho 22.32 24 6 3 Mikel Schreuders 22.44 25 6 4 Daniel Zaitsev 22.45 25 8 2 Thomas Nowakowski 22.45 27 7 1 Isak Eliasson 22.47 28 8 1 Konrad Czerniak 22.48 28 8 8 Heiko Gigler 22.48 30 9 9 Jonathan Tan 22.51 31 7 3 Calum Bain 22.53 32 6 5 Guido Buscaglia 22.55 33 6 1 Oussama Sahnoune 22.56 34 7 8 Michael Pickett 22.59 34 7 9 Matej Duša 22.59 36 10 7 Luca Dotto 22.60 37 9 8 Gabriel Castaño 22.64 38 7 7 Kaloyan Bratanov 22.68 38 10 0 Wang Changhao 22.68 40 9 0 Grayson Bell 22.69 41 7 5 Yuri Kisil 22.71 41 7 6 Andriy Govorov 22.71 43 6 8 Clayton Jimmie 22.74 44 7 2 Zhang Zhoujian 22.75 45 5 4 Nikolas Antoniou 22.77 46 10 9 Alexander Varakin 22.79 47 6 7 Rémi Fabiani 22.80 48 6 0 Lamar Taylor 22.86 49 5 2 Tomas Navikonis 22.92 50 8 9 Abdelrahman Sameh 22.95 51 7 0 Wu Chun-feng 23.17 52 5 9 Khurshidjon Tursunov 23.20 53 5 8 Bernat Lomero 23.29 54 5 0 Nikola Bjelajac 23.42 55 5 3 Artur Barseghyan 23.46 55 6 9 Souhail Hamouchane 23.46 57 5 7 Stefano Mitchell 23.52 58 5 6 Matin Sohran 23.74 59 1 2 Irvin Hoost 23.96 60 4 1 Belly-Cresus Ganira 24.03 61 4 2 Musa Zhalayev 24.15 62 4 7 Swaleh Talib Suspended Member Federation 24.23 63 4 4 Gregory Anodin 24.38 64 2 2 Batbayaryn Enkhtamir 24.42 65 1 6 Christian Nikles 24.44 66 4 8 Shane Cadogan 24.57 67 4 5 Tendo Mukalazi 24.58 68 4 6 Alassane Seydou 24.63 69 4 3 Raphael Grand'Pierre 24.94 70 4 0 Leon Seaton 25.07 71 4 9 Marc Dansou 25.13 72 3 4 Eloi Maniraguha 25.26 73 2 7 Dennis Mhini 25.44 74 3 5 Martin Muja 25.45 75 3 6 Rohan Shearer 25.50 76 1 8 Taiyo Akimaru 26.02 77 1 3 Fakhriddin Madkamov 26.11 78 2 6 Slava Sihanouvong 26.25 79 3 3 Troy Pina 26.45 80 1 5 Travis Sakurai 26.57 81 2 4 Houmed Houssein Barkat 27.05 82 3 2 Edgar Iro 27.39 83 1 1 Aseel Khousrof 27.51 84 3 0 Phillip Kinono 27.54 85 2 0 Kyler Kihleng 27.56 86 3 1 Elhadj Diallo 27.72 87 3 8 Adam Mpali 27.93 88 3 9 Asher Banda 28.30 89 1 4 Higinio Ndong Obama 29.48 90 2 9 Ali Barouf 32.52 2 8 Tilahun Mayede 1 7 Loic Leenaerts 2 1 Freddy Mayala 2 3 Terence Tengue 2 5 Yves Munyu 3 7 Souleymane Napare 5 1 Alaa Maso FINA Refugee Team 10 4 Caeleb Dressel

Semifinals The semifinals started on 23 June at 18:42.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 5 Ben Proud 21.42 Q 2 2 2 Lorenzo Zazzeri 21.70 Q 3 1 4 Joshua Liendo 21.73 Q 4 1 3 Lewis Burras 21.78 Q 5 2 5 Michael Andrew 21.80 Q 5 2 6 Kristian Gkolomeev 21.80 Q 7 1 7 Szebasztián Szabó 21.81 Q 8 2 4 Bruno Fratus 21.83 8 2 7 Maxime Grousset 21.83 10 2 3 Vladyslav Bukhov 21.87 11 2 1 Florent Manaudou 21.95 12 1 6 Thom de Boer 21.99 13 1 1 Meiron Cheruti 22.00 14 1 2 Paweł Juraszek 22.01 15 2 8 Jesse Puts 22.02 16 1 8 Alberto Mestre 22.13

Swim-off The swim-off started on 23 June at 20:13.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Maxime Grousset 21.59 Q 2 4 Bruno Fratus 21.62

Final The final was held on 24 June at 18:09.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Ben Proud 21.32 2 Michael Andrew 21.41 8 Maxime Grousset 21.57 4 1 Szebasztián Szabó 21.60 5 3 Joshua Liendo 21.61 NR 6 5 Lorenzo Zazzeri 21.81 7 6 Lewis Burras 21.83 8 7 Kristian Gkolomeev 21.89

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