The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 June 2022.

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

Results Heats The heats were started on 18 June at 09:55.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 8 Dylan Carter 22.87 Q, NR 2 7 4 Caeleb Dressel 22.88 Q 2 8 6 Thomas Ceccon 22.88 Q, NR 4 6 4 Michael Andrew 22.89 Q 5 7 1 Noè Ponti 23.04 Q, NR 6 6 6 Maxime Grousset 23.07 Q 7 7 3 Ben Proud 23.08 Q 8 8 5 Szebasztián Szabó 23.11 Q 9 6 5 Nyls Korstanje 23.27 Q 10 8 2 Florent Manaudou 23.31 Q 11 7 5 Andriy Govorov 23.34 Q 12 8 1 Daniel Zaitsev 23.38 Q 13 8 4 Nicholas Santos 23.46 Q 14 6 0 Simon Bucher 23.51 Q, NR 14 8 3 Teong Tzen Wei 23.51 Q 16 6 3 Konrad Czerniak 23.53 16 6 7 Piero Codia 23.53 18 6 1 Rasmus Nickelsen 23.54 19 8 8 Meiron Cheruti 23.58 20 6 2 Naoki Mizunuma 23.60 21 7 8 Jacob Peters 23.62 21 8 7 Nicholas Lia 23.62 23 7 6 Abdelrahman Sameh 23.64 23 7 7 Thomas Verhoeven 23.64 25 6 8 Vladyslav Bukhov 23.66 26 5 6 Julien Henx 23.69 26 7 9 Adilbek Mussin 23.69 28 5 5 Stergios Bilas 23.72 28 8 9 Alberto Lozano 23.72 30 7 0 Oskar Hoff 23.73 31 7 2 Paweł Smoliński 23.78 32 5 3 Sun Jiajun 23.83 33 6 9 Chad le Clos 23.86 34 4 6 Ádám Halás 23.94 NR 35 5 4 Cameron Gray 24.01 36 5 1 Kim Ji-hun 24.02 37 5 7 Abeiku Jackson 24.11 38 5 2 Jorge Iga 24.13 38 4 5 Ian Ho 24.13 40 4 8 Emre Sakçı 24.16 41 8 0 Vinicius Lanza 24.26 42 4 4 Waleed Abdulrazzaq 24.32 43 4 7 Bernat Lomero 24.34 44 5 0 Ben Hockin 24.38 45 4 3 Guido Buscaglia 24.39 46 5 9 Glenn Victor Sutanto 24.60 47 3 3 Colins Ebingha 24.61 48 4 2 Mehrshad Afghari 24.77 49 4 1 Jayhan Odlum-Smith 24.81 50 4 0 Matthew Lawrence 24.97 51 3 4 Ayman Klzie 25.04 NR 51 3 5 Salvador Gordo 25.04 NR 53 3 2 Mohamad Masoud FINA Refugee Team 25.27 54 1 3 Khurshidjon Tursunov 25.44 55 3 6 Jesse Washington 25.59 56 1 7 Jeno Heyns 25.63 57 4 9 Souhail Hamouchane 26.11 58 1 6 Musa Zhalayev 26.21 59 2 7 Mahmoud Abu Gharbieh 26.89 60 3 7 Isihaka Irankunda 27.07 61 2 8 Fakhriddin Madkamov 27.24 62 3 1 Troy Pina 27.33 63 2 6 Abdulhai Ashour 27.50 64 2 0 Taiyo Akimaru 27.85 65 2 4 Elhadj Diallo 29.06 66 3 9 Fahim Anwari 29.24 67 3 0 Simanga Dlamini 29.25 68 2 5 Houmed Houssein 29.57 69 1 5 Tilahun Malede 30.50 70 1 4 Basem Rashed 33.76 – 1 2 Charly Ndjoume Did not start 2 1 Diosdado Miko Eyanga 2 2 Hasan Al-Zinkee 2 9 Pap Jonga 3 8 Souleymane Napare 2 3 Refiloe Chopho Disqualified

Swim-off The swim-off was held on 18 June at 11:39.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Konrad Czerniak 23.38 Q 2 5 Piero Codia 23.40

Semifinals The heats were started on 18 June at 18:24.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 6 Ben Proud 22.76 Q 2 1 4 Caeleb Dressel 22.79 Q 2 2 5 Thomas Ceccon 22.79 Q, NR 4 1 5 Michael Andrew 22.87 Q 5 1 6 Szebasztián Szabó 22.91 Q 6 2 4 Dylan Carter 22.98 Q 7 2 8 Teong Tzen Wei 23.03 Q 8 2 1 Nicholas Santos 23.04 Q 9 1 3 Maxime Grousset 23.10 10 2 2 Nyls Korstanje 23.14 11 1 1 Simon Bucher 23.18 NR 12 1 2 Florent Manaudou 23.23 13 2 3 Noè Ponti 23.29 14 2 7 Andriy Govorov 23.31 15 1 7 Daniel Zaitsev 23.38 16 1 8 Konrad Czerniak 23.50

Final The final was held on 19 June at 18:48.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Caeleb Dressel 22.57 8 Nicholas Santos 22.78 6 Michael Andrew 22.79 4 7 Dylan Carter 22.85 NR 5 3 Thomas Ceccon 22.86 6 2 Szebasztián Szabó 23.01 7 4 Ben Proud 23.08 8 1 Teong Tzen Wei 23.29

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