Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships took place from 18 to 25 June 2022. The United States won the most gold medals (17) and overall medal count (45) in this discipline. Katie Ledecky of the United States and Léon Marchand of France earned FINA Swimmer of the Meet honors based on a scoring system that awards points for top-four finishes. The United States won the best team award for winning 45 medals.
42 events were held.
All times were local (UTC+2).
<span style="font-size:95%"> Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.</span>
<span style="font-size:95%"> Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.</span>
<span style="font-size:95%"> Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.</span>
The following world and championship records were broken during the competition.