| pos. | code | crew stroke | finish | difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ITA | Massimo Galletti | 01:27.0 | (1) | ||
| Italiana Fitness | 01:27.0 | 42.0 spm | ||||
| 2. | GBR | Shaun Callaghan | 01:29.5 | (2) | +2.5 | |
| Steepholme Pirates | 01:29.5 | 48.0 spm | ||||
| 3. | GBR | David Pratt | 01:30.3 | (3) | +3.3 | |
| Lakeland Rowing Club | 01:30.3 | 43.0 spm | ||||
| 4. | GBR | Ken Hutt | 01:31.2 | (4) | +4.2 | |
| Curlew Rowing Club | 01:31.2 | 39.0 spm | ||||
| 5. | GBR | Graeme Wallace | 01:33.8 | (5) | +6.8 | |
| CrossFit Catacombs | 01:33.8 | 37.0 spm | ||||
| 6. | USA | Cesar Maiorino | 01:35.0 | (6) | +8.0 | |
| United States | 01:35.0 | 42.0 spm | ||||
| 7. | GBR | Malcolm Griffin | 01:35.6 | (7) | +8.6 | |
| Warwick Boat Club | 01:35.6 | 35.0 spm | ||||
| 8. | GBR | Antony Moule | 01:37.9 | (8) | +10.9 | |
| Sudbury Rowing Club | 01:32.3 | 24.0 spm | ||||
| 9. | NZL | Richard Shaw | 01:38.1 | (9) | +11.1 | |
| New Zealand | 01:38.1 | 42.0 spm | ||||
| 10. | GBR | Trevor Tiller | 01:39.7 | (10) | +12.7 | |
| Stratford upon Avon Boat Club | 01:39.7 | 40.0 spm | ||||
| 10. | GBR | Jerome Abelman | 01:39.7 | (10) | +12.7 | |
| Great Britain | 01:39.7 | 34.0 spm | ||||
| 12. | BRA | Edson Pereira Ache Júnior | 01:39.8 | (12) | +12.8 | |
| Federação Paranaense de Remo | 01:39.8 | 37.0 spm | ||||
| 13. | BRA | Denis Norton Raby | 01:40.1 | (13) | +13.1 | |
| Passauna Rowing Club | 01:40.1 | 38.0 spm | ||||
| 14. | GBR | Rupert Ross-Macdonald | 01:43.2 | (14) | +16.2 | |
| Great Britain | 01:43.2 | 36.0 spm | ||||
| 15. | GBR | Philip Mundie | 01:49.0 | (15) | +22.0 | |
| Great Britain | 01:49.0 | 34.0 spm | ||||
| 16. | GBR | Nick Websdell | 01:49.3 | (16) | +22.3 | |
| Great Britain | 01:49.3 | 36.0 spm | ||||
| USA | Bob More | did not start | ||||
| United States | ||||||