| pos. | code | crew stroke | finish | difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | DEN | Martin Mario Jelani | 01:22.8 | (1) | ||
| Denmark | 01:22.8 | 43.0 spm | ||||
| 2. | ITA | Massimo Galletti | 01:26.8 | (2) | +4.0 | |
| Italy | 01:26.8 | 41.0 spm | ||||
| 3. | PUR | Christopher del Rey | 01:28.7 | (3) | +5.9 | |
| Puerto Rico | 01:28.7 | 39.0 spm | ||||
| 4. | GBR | Nicholas Cowan | 01:28.8 | (4) | +6.0 | |
| Great Britain | 01:28.8 | 41.0 spm | ||||
| 5. | ROU | Dan Iulian Stratan | 01:29.3 | (5) | +6.5 | |
| Romania | 01:29.3 | 44.0 spm | ||||
| 6. | ITA | Luca Aiazzi | 01:29.4 | (6) | +6.6 | |
| Italy | 01:29.4 | 50.0 spm | ||||
| 7. | USA | John Sanderson | 01:30.4 | (7) | +7.6 | |
| United States | 01:30.4 | 40.0 spm | ||||
| 8. | ESP | Joseba Saies Alzua | 01:30.6 | (8) | +7.8 | |
| Spain | 01:30.6 | 50.0 spm | ||||
| 9. | NZL | Allan James Hallberg | 01:32.4 | (9) | +9.6 | |
| New Zealand | 01:32.5 | 47.0 spm | ||||
| 10. | PAK | Muhammad Shahzad | 01:32.9 | (10) | +10.1 | |
| Pakistan | 01:32.9 | 43.0 spm | ||||
| 11. | RSA | Hannes Botes | 01:33.2 | (11) | +10.4 | |
| South Africa | 01:33.2 | 41.0 spm | ||||
| 12. | AUS | Tracy Rockwell | 01:37.3 | (12) | +14.5 | |
| Australia | 01:37.3 | 40.0 spm | ||||
| 13. | THA | Takul Kunnanon | 01:42.1 | (13) | +19.3 | |
| Thailand | 01:42.1 | 38.0 spm | ||||
| 14. | KOR | Ki Hyun Lee | 01:47.4 | (14) | +24.6 | |
| South Korea | 01:47.4 | 38.0 spm | ||||
| AUS | Peter FitzSimons | did not start | ||||
| Australia | ||||||