The Men'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 18 December Final Nic Fink 25.38 CR

Results Heats The heats were started on 17 December at 12:51.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 9 4 Nicolò Martinenghi 25.71 Q 2 8 1 Adam Peaty 26.01 Q 3 7 6 Yan Zibei 26.06 Q 4 7 4 Nic Fink 26.07 Q 5 7 3 Qin Haiyang 26.13 Q 6 7 5 Yuya Hinomoto 26.15 Q 7 9 5 Simone Cerasuolo 26.16 Q 8 7 2 Michael Andrew 26.17 Q 9 8 4 Emre Sakçı 26.26 Q 10 9 3 Peter John Stevens 26.31 Q 11 7 7 Grayson Bell 26.37 Q 11 9 8 Carl Aitkaci 26.37 Q 13 8 2 Sam Williamson 26.42 Q 14 8 8 Chao Man Hou 26.46 Q, NR 15 5 7 Mikel Schreuders 26.47 Q, NR 16 8 6 Masaki Niiyama 26.51 16 9 7 Olli Kokko 26.51 18 8 3 Bernhard Reitshammer 26.64 19 4 7 Wu Chun-feng 26.67 NR 19 9 1 Lucas Matzerath 26.67 21 7 8 Denis Petrashov 26.71 NR 22 9 2 Andrius Šidlauskas 26.80 23 9 6 Caspar Corbeau 26.83 24 7 1 Renato Prono 26.92 25 6 7 Josh Gilbert 26.95 26 5 5 Volodymyr Lisovets 27.04 27 8 7 Christoffer Haarsaker 27.05 28 4 6 Maximillian Ang 27.09 NR 29 5 4 Ádám Halás 27.12 30 6 2 Jadon Wuilliez 27.16 30 6 6 Matěj Zábojník 27.16 32 6 5 Josué Domínguez 27.18 33 6 8 James Dergousoff 27.19 34 6 4 Youssef El-Kamash 27.28 35 4 4 Ronan Wantenaar 27.45 NR 36 5 2 Constantin Malachi 27.63 37 4 1 Rashed Al-Tarmoom 27.66 NR 38 5 8 Simon Haddon 27.67 39 5 3 Julio Horrego 27.71 40 4 2 Adriel Sanes 27.76 41 4 3 Adrian Robinson 27.79 NR 41 4 5 Martin Melconian 27.79 43 5 6 Ng Yan Kin 27.92 44 3 4 Alexandre Grand'Pierre 27.99 NR 45 3 6 Tasi Limtiaco 28.26 46 4 8 Abobakr Abass 28.44 NR 47 3 5 Jonathan Raharvel 28.55 48 1 5 Sébastien Kouma 28.73 49 3 1 Epeli Rabua 28.84 50 3 7 Jesús Cabrera 29.25 51 1 4 Myagmaryn Delgerkhüü 29.85 52 2 4 Omar Al-Hammadi 29.96 53 3 8 Hilal Hilal 30.23 54 2 3 Bikash Kumal 31.11 55 2 6 Nathaniel Noka 31.62 56 2 7 Cameron Jele 34.95 2 5 Marc Dansou 3 2 Muhammad Isa Ahmad 5 1 Tonislav Sabev 6 1 Jorge Murillo 8 5 João Gomes Júnior 1 3 Yann Douma 2 2 Sheku Kamara 3 3 Matthew Lawrence 6 3 Anton McKee

Swim-off The swim-off was held on 17 December at 13:33.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Olli Kokko 26.24 Q, NR 2 4 Masaki Niiyama 26.50

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Nicolò Martinenghi 25.60 Q 2 1 5 Nic Fink 25.64 Q 3 2 6 Simone Cerasuolo 25.66 Q 4 2 5 Yan Zibei 25.80 Q, AS 5 1 6 Michael Andrew 25.81 Q 5 2 3 Qin Haiyang 25.81 Q 7 1 4 Adam Peaty 25.85 Q 8 2 2 Emre Sakçı 26.04 Q 9 1 3 Yuya Hinomoto 26.13 10 2 7 Grayson Bell 26.24 =OC 11 1 8 Olli Kokko 26.25 11 2 1 Sam Williamson 26.25 13 1 2 Peter John Stevens 26.33 14 1 7 Carl Aitkaci 26.41 15 2 8 Mikel Schreuders 26.66 16 1 1 Chao Man Hou 26.77

Final The final was held on 18 December at 20:01.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Nic Fink 25.38 CR, AM 4 Nicolò Martinenghi 25.42 3 Simone Cerasuolo 25.68 4 7 Qin Haiyang 25.82 5 2 Michael Andrew 25.92 6 1 Adam Peaty 25.99 7 6 Yan Zibei 26.06 8 8 Emre Sakçı 26.09

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