2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre butterfly
# 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre butterfly

The Men's 100 metre butterfly 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.

| World record | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | 47.78 | Budapest, Hungary | November 21, 2020 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition record | Chad le Clos (RSA) | 48.08 | Windsor, Canada | 8 December 2016 |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started on 17 December at 12:16.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 48.81 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Matteo Rivolta | Italy | 49.43 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Youssef Ramadan | Egypt | 49.64 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 2 | Ilya Kharun | Canada | 49.66 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 49.85 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 49.88 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 5 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 49.89 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 50.06 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Yuya Sakamoto | Japan | 50.09 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 6 | Yuya Tanaka | Japan | 50.22 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Jakub Majerski | Poland | 50.30 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 8 | Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 50.44 | Q, NR |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Shaun Champion | Australia | 50.54 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 8 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 50.55 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 5 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 50.59 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Adilbek Mussin | Kazakhstan | 50.64 | Q, NR |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Mario Mollà | Spain | 50.67 | |
| 18 | 8 | 7 | Chen Juner | China | 50.83 | |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | José Ángel Martínez | Mexico | 51.06 | |
| 20 | 6 | 7 | Nikola Miljenić | Croatia | 51.16 | |
| 21 | 5 | 6 | Oskar Hoff | Sweden | 51.28 | |
| 22 | 5 | 7 | Ádám Halás | Slovakia | 51.34 | NR |
| 23 | 6 | 8 | Leonardo Coelho Santos | Brazil | 51.35 | |
| 24 | 4 | 2 | Yang Jae-hoon | South Korea | 51.36 | NR |
| 25 | 5 | 5 | Wang Kuan-hung | Chinese Taipei | 51.39 | |
| 26 | 5 | 8 | Cameron Gray | New Zealand | 51.69 | |
| 27 | 7 | 7 | Antani Ivanov | Bulgaria | 51.70 | |
| 28 | 4 | 6 | Javier Matta | Peru | 51.77 | NR |
| 29 | 4 | 8 | Jesse Ssegonzi | Uganda | 51.90 | NR |
| 30 | 5 | 4 | Michael Andrew | United States | 51.93 | |
| 31 | 5 | 1 | Ng Cheuk Yin | Hong Kong | 51.94 | |
| 32 | 4 | 1 | Eldor Usmonov | Uzbekistan | 52.19 | |
| 32 | 4 | 3 | Navaphat Wongcharoen | Thailand | 52.19 | NR |
| 34 | 4 | 7 | Abeku Jackson | Ghana | 52.36 | NR |
| 35 | 6 | 6 | Ümitcan Güreş | Turkey | 52.94 | |
| 36 | 4 | 5 | Mehrshad Afghari | Iran | 52.95 | |
| 37 | 3 | 4 | Steven Aimable | Senegal | 53.08 | NR |
| 38 | 3 | 3 | Carlos Vásquez | Honduras | 53.36 | NR |
| 39 | 3 | 5 | Ben Hockin | Paraguay | 53.87 | |
| 40 | 3 | 2 | Tomàs Lomero | Andorra | 54.01 | NR |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Isaia Aleksenko | Northern Mariana Islands | 54.55 | |
| 42 | 3 | 6 | Denzel González | Dominican Republic | 54.90 | |
| 43 | 3 | 7 | Collins Saliboko | Tanzania | 55.85 | |
| 44 | 2 | 3 | Salem Sabt | United Arab Emirates | 55.95 | |
| 45 | 2 | 4 | Aidan Carroll | Gibraltar | 56.02 | |
| 46 | 2 | 8 | James Hendrix | Guam | 56.08 | |
| 47 | 3 | 1 | Xavier Ventura | El Salvador | 56.38 | |
| 48 | 1 | 5 | Batbayaryn Enkhtamir | Mongolia | 57.02 | NR |
| 49 | 2 | 5 | Paolo Priska | Albania | 57.30 | |
| 50 | 3 | 8 | Finau Ohuafi | Tonga | 57.66 | |
| 51 | 2 | 6 | Abdulhai Ashour | Libya | 1:00.26 | |
| 52 | 1 | 3 | Kinley Lhendup | Bhutan | 1:00.99 | |
| 53 | 2 | 2 | Simanga Dlamini | Eswatini | 1:03.90 | |
| 54 | 2 | 1 | Shawn Dingilius-Wallace | Palau | 1:05.18 | |
| 55 | 2 | 7 | ElhadjN'Gnane Diallo | Guinea | 1:05.58 | |
| | 4 | 4 | Finlay Knox | Canada | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 3 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 7 | 1 | Shaine Casas | United States | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 17 December at 20:22.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 48.98 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Matteo Rivolta | Italy | 49.07 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 49.07 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 49.20 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Ilya Kharun | Canada | 49.65 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 49.72 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 49.73 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Youssef Ramadan | Egypt | 49.79 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Jakub Majerski | Poland | 49.86 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Yuya Sakamoto | Japan | 50.16 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Yuya Tanaka | Japan | 50.21 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 50.48 | NR |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Shaun Champion | Australia | 50.56 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 50.59 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Adilbek Mussin | Kazakhstan | 50.76 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 51.03 | |

### Final

The final was held on 18 December at 19:42.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 48.59 | |
| | 2 | Ilya Kharun | Canada | 49.03 | WJ, NR |
| | 6 | Marius Kusch | Germany | 49.12 | |
| 4 | 3 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 49.25 | |
| 5 | 5 | Matteo Rivolta | Italy | 49.32 | |
| 6 | 7 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 49.39 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 49.67 | |
| 8 | 8 | Youssef Ramadan | Egypt | 49.84 | |
