| pos. | code | crew stroke | finish | difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | AUS | Benjamin Smith | 01:17.4 | (1) | ||
| Australia | 01:17.4 | 43.0 spm | ||||
| 2. | AUS | William Legge | 01:23.4 | (2) | +6.0 | |
| Australia | 01:23.4 | 46.0 spm | ||||
| 2. | ITA | Martino Goretti | 01:23.4 | (2) | +6.0 | |
| Italy | 01:23.4 | 53.0 spm | ||||
| 4. | GBR | Gregor Hall | 01:23.5 | (4) | +6.1 | |
| Great Britain | 01:23.5 | 50.0 spm | ||||
| 5. | EGY | Mohamed Alaa Mohamed Elsayed Mohamed Kota | 01:23.6 | (5) | +6.2 | |
| Egypt | 01:23.6 | 52.0 spm | ||||
| 6. | ALG | Boudina Sid Ali | 01:23.9 | (6) | +6.5 | |
| Algeria | 01:23.9 | 49.0 spm | ||||
| 7. | FRA | Adrien Decriem | 01:24.4 | (7) | +7.0 | |
| France | 01:24.4 | 51.0 spm | ||||
| 8. | ESP | José Daniel Martínez López | 01:24.6 | (8) | +7.2 | |
| Spain | 01:24.6 | 54.0 spm | ||||
| 9. | PYF | Damien Wild | 01:26.0 | (9) | +8.6 | |
| French Polynesia | 01:26.0 | 49.0 spm | ||||
| 10. | HKG | Choi Kwan Chak | 01:26.3 | (10) | +8.9 | |
| Hong Kong, China | 01:26.3 | 40.0 spm | ||||
| 11. | POL | Przemysław Wilk | 01:26.6 | (11) | +9.2 | |
| Poland | 01:26.6 | 47.0 spm | ||||
| 11. | DEN | Bergur Robert Dam Jensen | 01:26.6 | (11) | +9.2 | |
| Denmark | 01:26.6 | 43.0 spm | ||||
| 13. | USA | Jeff Wolff | 01:26.8 | (13) | +9.4 | |
| United States | 01:26.8 | 47.0 spm | ||||
| 14. | GBR | Kieran Berry | 01:27.0 | (14) | +9.6 | |
| Great Britain | 01:27.0 | 41.0 spm | ||||
| 15. | EGY | Ahmed Khaled Mohamed Abdelaal | 01:27.5 | (15) | +10.1 | |
| Egypt | 01:27.5 | 47.0 spm | ||||
| 16. | BEL | Alexander Chklar | 01:28.1 | (16) | +10.7 | |
| Belgium | 01:28.1 | 50.0 spm | ||||
| 17. | IND | Ravi Ravi | 01:28.2 | (17) | +10.8 | |
| India | 01:28.2 | 41.0 spm | ||||
| 18. | GBR | Ashley Cowley | 01:28.3 | (18) | +10.9 | |
| Great Britain | 01:28.3 | 44.0 spm | ||||
| GER | Axel Oschmann | did not start | ||||
| Germany | ||||||