| pos. | code | crew stroke | finish | difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | RSA | Roan Van Heerden | 01:18.4 | (1) | ||
| Fitness Autority | 01:18.4 | 37.0 spm | ||||
| 2. | EGY | Mohamed Elhusseini Elsayed Elshahawi | 01:18.6 | (2) | +0.2 | |
| Egypt Team | 01:18.6 | 47.0 spm | ||||
| 3. | EGY | Abdelkhalek Samir Ibrahim Elbanna | 01:18.7 | (3) | +0.3 | |
| Egypt Team | 01:18.7 | 37.0 spm | ||||
| 4. | EGY | Sayed Yehia Ibrahim Mohamed Salman | 01:20.1 | (4) | +1.7 | |
| Egypt Team | 01:20.1 | 43.0 spm | ||||
| 5. | EGY | Abdalla Mohamed | 01:20.6 | (5) | +2.2 | |
| Egypt | 01:20.6 | 40.0 spm | ||||
| 6. | EGY | Abdalla Abdelftah | 01:20.9 | (6) | +2.5 | |
| Egypt | 01:20.9 | 44.0 spm | ||||
| 7. | PYF | Jean Sebastien Bienias | 01:22.3 | (7) | +3.9 | |
| CAP Marara Tahiti | 01:22.3 | 44.0 spm | ||||
| 8. | TUN | Taieb Mohamed | 01:22.4 | (8) | +4.0 | |
| Tunisia Team | 01:22.4 | 50.0 spm | ||||
| 9. | RSA | Carl Stow | 01:22.6 | (9) | +4.2 | |
| South Africa | 01:22.6 | 42.0 spm | ||||
| 10. | BEN | Privel HInkati | 01:23.9 | (10) | +5.5 | |
| Benin Federation | 01:23.9 | 43.0 spm | ||||
| 11. | EGY | Mohamed Mohamed | 01:24.3 | (11) | +5.9 | |
| ScullnBlades | 01:24.3 | 46.0 spm | ||||
| 12. | ALG | Zouad Abdenour | 01:24.4 | (12) | +6.0 | |
| Algeria Team | 01:24.4 | 44.0 spm | ||||
| 13. | ALG | Fadel Zakaria | 01:24.7 | (13) | +6.3 | |
| Algeria Team | 01:24.7 | 43.0 spm | ||||
| 14. | KEN | Jacob Owako | 01:25.0 | (14) | +6.6 | |
| Lake Victoria Athletic Club | 01:25.0 | 39.0 spm | ||||
| 15. | TUN | Gueldich Ahmed | 01:28.2 | (15) | +9.8 | |
| Tunisia | 01:28.2 | 48.0 spm | ||||
| 16. | PYF | Kevin Scott | 01:28.4 | (16) | +10.0 | |
| CAP Marara Tahiti | 01:28.4 | 41.0 spm | ||||
| 17. | TUN | Riabi Mohamed Amine | 01:29.6 | (17) | +11.2 | |
| Tunisia | 01:29.6 | 38.0 spm | ||||
| 18. | RSA | Kevin Spence | 01:29.7 | (18) | +11.3 | |
| VLC | 01:29.7 | 41.0 spm | ||||
| 19. | RSA | Johan Jooste | 01:30.3 | (19) | +11.9 | |
| South Africa | 01:30.3 | 43.0 spm | ||||
| 20. | ALG | Djouimai Mohamed Abderaouf | 01:31.2 | (20) | +12.8 | |
| Algeria Team | 01:31.2 | 45.0 spm | ||||
| 21. | TUN | Med Chams Edine Soudani | 01:31.9 | (21) | +13.5 | |
| Tunisia | 01:31.9 | 37.0 spm | ||||
| 22. | RSA | Sadick Ally | 01:32.6 | (22) | +14.2 | |
| Crossfit EL | 01:32.6 | 39.0 spm | ||||
| 22. | RSA | Mark Mulder | 01:32.6 | (22) | +14.2 | |
| South Africa | 01:32.6 | 38.0 spm | ||||
| 24. | EGY | Ahmed Al Zohairy | 01:34.2 | (24) | +15.8 | |
| ScullnBlades | 01:34.2 | 45.0 spm | ||||
| 25. | RSA | Ian Johnson | 01:35.3 | (25) | +16.9 | |
| VLRC | 01:35.3 | 39.0 spm | ||||
| 26. | RSA | Duane Hurn | 01:36.1 | (26) | +17.7 | |
| Crossfit EL | 01:36.1 | 34.0 spm | ||||
| 27. | TUN | Makrem Ben Abdelkader | 01:37.6 | (27) | +19.2 | |
| Tunisia | 01:37.6 | 39.0 spm | ||||
| 28. | EGY | Sherif Al Alfy | 01:41.4 | (28) | +23.0 | |
| ScullnBlades | 01:41.4 | 42.0 spm | ||||
| 29. | DJI | Khaled Hassan Ahmed | 01:55.8 | (29) | +37.4 | |
| Djibouti | 01:55.8 | 51.0 spm | ||||
| 30. | DJI | Souhaib Noor Osman | 02:10.1 | (30) | +51.7 | |
| Djibouti | 02:10.1 | 43.0 spm | ||||
| 31. | TUN | Sedki Lahwar | 02:46.1 | (31) | +1:27.7 | |
| Tunisia | 02:46.1 | 19.0 spm | ||||
| LBA | Alhussein Mahfoud Alhashmi Gambour | did not start | ||||
| Libya Team | ||||||
| RSA | Dane Walker | did not start | ||||
| UJ Rowing Club | ||||||