The Women's 50 metre butterfly 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 started on 23 June at 09:56.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 3 Zhang Yufei 25.39 Q 2 7 4 Sarah Sjöström 25.43 Q 3 6 4 Mélanie Henique 25.61 Q 4 7 6 Maaike de Waard 25.92 Q 5 5 4 Claire Curzan 25.93 Q 6 6 6 Sara Junevik 25.94 Q 7 5 3 Farida Osman 25.95 Q 8 6 5 Marie Wattel 26.01 Q 9 7 2 Silvia Di Pietro 26.08 Q 10 7 3 Torri Huske 26.10 Q 11 5 5 Anna Ntountounaki 26.20 Q 12 7 7 Brianna Throssell 26.26 Q 13 5 7 Jeong So-eun 26.40 Q 14 6 2 Julie Kepp Jensen 26.45 Q 15 5 2 Elena Di Liddo 26.47 Q 15 7 0 Katerine Savard 26.47 Q 17 7 1 Neža Klančar 26.56 18 4 4 Maria Ugolkova 26.58 19 5 6 Tessa Giele 26.63 20 7 9 Helena Gasson 26.67 21 7 5 Emilie Beckmann 26.69 22 5 1 Giovanna Diamante 26.75 23 4 5 Tamara Potocká 26.82 24 6 0 Dominika Varga 26.91 25 4 3 Lismar Lyon 26.93 26 6 9 Quah Jing Wen 26.95 27 7 8 Mimosa Jallow 26.99 28 5 8 Anicka Delgado 27.12 29 6 7 Lana Pudar 27.14 30 5 0 Huang Mei-chien 27.20 31 6 1 Jenjira Srisaard 27.21 32 5 9 Miranda Renner 27.22 33 4 6 Mariam Sheikhalizadeh 27.29 34 6 8 Gabriela Ņikitina 27.41 35 4 8 Olivia Borg 27.43 36 4 2 Maddy Moore 27.48 37 4 0 Amel Melih 27.59 38 4 9 Nikol Merizaj 27.83 39 4 1 Oumy Diop 27.89 40 3 4 Imane El Barodi 27.96 NR 41 3 6 María Schutzmeier 28.33 42 3 5 Norah Milanesi 28.66 43 1 4 Varsenik Manucharyan 28.80 44 2 5 Mikaili Charlemagne 29.00 45 2 8 Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen 29.08 46 3 7 Cherelle Thompson 29.29 47 3 3 Lia Lima 29.31 48 3 1 Aniqah Gaffoor 29.79 49 3 2 Antsa Rabejaona 29.87 50 3 0 Yusra Mardini FINA Refugee Team 30.08 51 1 5 Anastasiya Morginshtern 30.59 52 2 1 Ayah Binrajab 30.69 NR 53 3 8 Hayley Hoy 30.99 54 3 9 Denise Donelli 31.01 55 2 7 Taffi Illis 31.25 56 2 4 Tilka Paljk 31.48 57 2 0 Kestra Kihleng 31.76 58 1 3 Sonia Aktar 32.26 59 2 6 Daniella Nafal 33.25 60 2 2 Kayla Hepler 34.94 2 2 Lucie Kouadio 3 2 Luana Alonso

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 23 June at 19:11.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Sarah Sjöström 25.13 Q 2 1 2 Torri Huske 25.38 Q, AM 3 2 5 Mélanie Henique 25.41 Q 4 2 6 Farida Osman 25.46 Q 5 2 4 Zhang Yufei 25.54 Q 6 1 6 Marie Wattel 25.56 Q 7 2 3 Claire Curzan 25.67 Q 8 1 5 Maaike de Waard 25.75 Q 9 1 3 Sara Junevik 25.80 10 2 7 Anna Ntountounaki 25.89 11 1 7 Brianna Throssell 26.05 12 2 2 Silvia Di Pietro 26.08 13 1 8 Katerine Savard 26.14 14 1 1 Julie Kepp Jensen 26.32 14 2 1 Jeong So-eun 26.32 16 2 8 Elena Di Liddo 26.59

Final The final was held on 24 June at 18:02.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Sarah Sjöström 24.95 3 Mélanie Henique 25.31 2 Zhang Yufei 25.32 4 6 Farida Osman 25.38 AF 5 1 Claire Curzan 25.43 6 5 Torri Huske 25.45 7 7 Marie Wattel 25.79 8 8 Maaike de Waard 25.85

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