The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 and 16 December 2022.Start list

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

Results Heats The heats were started on 15 December at 11:19.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 5 Kacper Stokowski 22.78 Q, NR 2 6 2 Isaac Cooper 22.79 Q, OC 3 5 3 Pieter Coetze 23.01 Q 4 5 4 Dylan Carter 23.07 Q 5 5 5 Lorenzo Mora 23.09 Q 6 4 3 Javier Acevedo 23.10 Q, NR 7 3 8 Andrei Anghel 23.12 Q 8 6 5 Apostolos Christou 23.18 Q 8 6 8 Hunter Armstrong 23.18 Q 10 6 4 Ryan Murphy 23.22 Q 11 4 6 Ole Braunschweig 23.25 Q 11 6 3 Takeshi Kawamoto 23.25 Q 13 5 2 Tomáš Franta 23.26 Q, NR 14 4 2 Marek Ulrich 23.28 Q 15 3 2 Ksawery Masiuk 23.35 Q 16 6 6 Ryosuke Irie 23.38 Q 17 4 8 Thierry Bollin 23.48 NR 18 5 8 Cameron Gray 23.49 19 5 7 Simon Bucher 23.55 20 3 3 Lamar Taylor 23.58 NR 20 5 6 Mewen Tomac 23.58 22 4 7 Markus Lie 23.65 23 2 2 João Costa 23.80 23 3 1 Bradley Woodward 23.80 25 4 1 Ng Cheuk Yin 23.83 26 5 1 Wang Gukailai 23.97 27 2 7 Chuang Mu-lun 24.15 NR 28 3 5 Charles Hockin 24.29 28 6 1 Rasim Oğulcan Gör 24.29 30 2 4 Maximillian Wilson 24.31 31 3 6 Jerard Jacinto 24.36 NR 32 6 7 Doruk Tekin 24.63 33 2 1 Ģirts Feldbergs 24.67 34 3 7 Armin Evert Lelle 24.69 35 1 3 Miguel Vásquez 25.31 NR 36 1 4 Abdellah Ardjoune 25.71 37 1 5 Kokoro Frost 26.18 38 1 6 Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi 26.84 39 1 7 Ayman Kelzi 27.19 NR 2 6 Meiron Cheruti 1 2 Sheku Kamara 2 3 Akalanka Peiris 2 5 Ziyad Saleem 2 8 Yazan Al-Bawwab 3 4 Yeziel Morales 4 4 Robert Glință

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 15 December at 19:59.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Isaac Cooper 22.52 Q, WJ, OC 2 2 4 Kacper Stokowski 22.74 Q, NR 2 1 2 Ryan Murphy 22.74 Q 4 2 5 Pieter Coetze 22.86 Q 5 1 5 Dylan Carter 22.90 Q 5 2 3 Lorenzo Mora 22.90 Q 7 1 1 Marek Ulrich 23.03 Q 8 1 3 Javier Acevedo 23.05 , , NR 8 1 6 Apostolos Christou 23.05 8 2 2 Hunter Armstrong 23.05 11 2 7 Ole Braunschweig 23.08 12 1 7 Takeshi Kawamoto 23.19 13 2 8 Ksawery Masiuk 23.29 14 1 8 Ryosuke Irie 23.49 2 1 Tomáš Franta 2 6 Andrei Anghel

Swim-off The swim-off was held on 16 December at 12:55.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Apostolos Christou 23.15 Q 2 5 Hunter Armstrong 23.30

Final The final was held on 16 December at 21:11.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Ryan Murphy 22.64 4 Isaac Cooper 22.73 3 Kacper Stokowski 22.74 =NR 4 7 Lorenzo Mora 22.81 5 6 Pieter Coetze 22.84 AF 6 8 Apostolos Christou 23.10 6 2 Dylan Carter 23.12 8 1 Marek Ulrich 23.37

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