The Women'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.

The following new records were set during this competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 17 December Semifinal 2 Rūta Meilutytė 28.37

Results Heats The heats were started on 17 December at 12:36.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 4 Rūta Meilutytė 29.10 Q 2 5 4 Tang Qianting 29.38 Q, AS 3 6 3 Lara van Niekerk 29.45 Q, AF 4 7 5 Imogen Clark 29.51 Q 5 6 4 Lilly King 29.53 Q 6 6 7 Anna Elendt 29.59 Q 7 6 5 Benedetta Pilato 29.63 Q 8 6 6 Veera Kivirinta 29.72 Q 9 7 6 Florine Gaspard 29.79 Q 10 7 3 Reona Aoki 29.81 Q 11 7 2 Chelsea Hodges 29.84 Q 12 5 3 Ida Hulkko 29.89 Q 13 6 2 Klara Thormalm 30.06 Q 14 5 6 Andrea Podmaníková 30.14 Q 15 6 1 Fleur Vermeiren 30.22 Q 16 5 2 Macarena Ceballos 30.33 Q 17 7 7 Charlotte Bonnet 30.35 18 5 1 Silje Slyngstadli 30.36 19 4 2 Tara Vovk 30.39 NR 20 4 5 Rachel Nicol 30.43 21 7 8 Jenjira Srisaard 30.48 NR 22 4 4 Letitia Sim 30.59 23 4 3 Annie Lazor 30.69 24 5 8 Lisa Mamié 30.84 25 6 8 Adelaida Pchelintseva 30.87 26 4 8 Thanya Dela Cruz 31.19 NR 27 3 4 Mary Connolly 31.68 NR 28 4 1 Lam Hoi Kiu 31.71 29 3 5 Kirabo Namutebi 32.47 NR 30 3 3 Victoria Russell 32.54 31 2 1 Chahat Arora 32.91 NR 32 3 6 Marina Abu Shamaleh 33.49 33 3 1 Emilie Grand'Pierre 33.71 NR 34 3 2 Kelera Mudunasoko 34.05 35 3 7 Lara Dashti 34.21 36 2 4 Maria Batallones 34.58 37 3 8 Taeyanna Adams 36.64 38 2 3 Ria Save 38.22 39 2 5 Jessica Makwenda 38.99 40 2 6 Mariama Touré 40.92 41 1 3 Ungilreng Ruluked 41.65 42 2 2 Abbi Illis 42.87 43 1 4 Mary Yongai 46.98 44 2 7 Salima Ahmadou 48.33 45 1 5 Batourou Touré 48.96 4 6 Diana Petkova 4 7 Maria Romanjuk 5 7 Jenna Strauch 5 5 Sophie Hansson 7 1 Kotryna Teterevkova

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 17 December at 21:07.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Rūta Meilutytė 28.37 Q, 2 2 3 Lilly King 28.86 Q 3 2 5 Lara van Niekerk 29.27 Q, AF 4 1 4 Tang Qianting 29.28 Q, AS 5 1 5 Imogen Clark 29.30 Q, NR 6 2 6 Benedetta Pilato 29.42 Q 7 1 3 Anna Elendt 29.52 Q, NR 8 1 6 Veera Kivirinta 29.80 Q 9 2 7 Chelsea Hodges 29.85 10 1 7 Ida Hulkko 29.94 11 2 2 Florine Gaspard 29.98 12 1 2 Reona Aoki 30.01 12 2 1 Klara Thormalm 30.01 14 1 8 Macarena Ceballos 30.10 15 1 1 Andrea Podmaníková 30.21 16 2 8 Fleur Vermeiren 30.29

Final The final was held on 18 December at 19:49.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Rūta Meilutytė 28.50 3 Lara van Niekerk 29.09 AF 5 Lilly King 29.11 4 6 Tang Qianting 29.22 AS 5 1 Anna Elendt 29.30 NR 6 2 Imogen Clark 29.47 7 7 Benedetta Pilato 29.48 8 8 Veera Kivirinta 29.84

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