World Record: J. R. Celski, United States 39.937 Calgary, Canada 21 Oct 2012 
 Olympic Record: Charles Hamelin, Canada 40.770 Vancouver, Canada 26 Feb 2010
 
| Final A 20:13 | time | Note |  | 1. Wu Dajing |  China | 39.584 | Gold, WR |  | 2. Hwang Dae-heon |  South Korea | 39.854 | Silver |  | 3. Lim Hyo-jun |  South Korea | 39.919 | Bronze |  | 4. Samuel Girard |  Canada | 39.987 |   |   
| Final B 20:15 | time | Note |  | 5. Liu Shaolin Sándor Liu |  Hungary | 40.651 |   |  | 6. Ren Ziwei |  China | 40.694 |   |  | 7. Daan Breeuwsma |  Netherlands | 40.835 |   |  | 8. Ryosuke Sakazume |  Japan | 40.985 |   |   
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 Semifinals - Thursday 22.02 19:42  |  | First 2 progress to Final A. 3rd and 4th to Final B.  |   
| Semi 1 19:42 | time | Note |  | 1. Wu Dajing |  China | 40.087 | QA |  | 2. Samuel Girard |  Canada | 40.185 | QA |  | 3. Liu Shaolin Sándor Liu |  Hungary | 40.399 | QB |  | 4. Daan Breeuwsma |  Netherlands | 40.775 | QB |  | 5. Abzal Azhgaliyev |  Kazakhstan | 40.835 |   |   
| Semi 2 19:44 | time | Note |  | 1. Hwang Dae-heon |  South Korea | 40.108 | QA |  | 2. Lim Hyo-jun |  South Korea | 40.132 | QA |  | 3. Ren Ziwei |  China | 40.418 | QB |  | 4. Ryosuke Sakazume |  Japan | 40.434 | QB |   
| Quarter 1 19:00 | time | Note |  | 1. Ren Ziwei |  China | 40.032 | Q, OR |  | 2. Liu Shaolin Sándor Liu |  Hungary | 40.471 | Q |  | 3. Denis Nikisha |  Kazakhstan | 40.806 |   |  | 4. Aleksandr Shulginov |  OA Russia | 54.498 |   |  | 5. Bartosz Konopko |  Poland | 1.10.996 |   |   
| Quarter 2 19:02 | time | Note |  | 1. Wu Dajing |  China | 39.800 | Q, WR |  | 2. Hwang Dae-heon |  South Korea | 40.861 | Q |  | 3. Roberts Zvejnieks |  Latvia | 40.904 |   |  | 4. Keita Watanabe |  Japan | 41.354 |   |  | -. Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev |  Kazakhstan | 1:01.940 | PEN |   
| Quarter 3 19:04 | time | Note |  | 1. Samuel Girard |  Canada | 40.477 | Q |  | 2. Ryosuke Sakazume |  Japan | 40.563 | Q |  | 3. Han Tianyu |  China | 1:14.891 |   |  | 4. Seo Yi-ra |  South Korea | 1:17.779 |   |   
| Quarter 4 19:06 | time | Note |  | 1. Lim Hyo-jun |  South Korea | 40.400 | Q |  | 2. Daan Breeuwsma |  Netherlands | 40.677 | Q |  | 3. Dylan Hoogerwerf |  Netherlands | 41.007 |   |  | 4. Abzal Azhgaliyev |  Kazakhstan | 41.616 | ADV |  | -. Shaoang Liu |  Hungary |   | PEN |   
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 Heats - Tuesday 20.02 19:45  |  | First 2 advanced to Quarter-Finals. Denis Nikisha (KAZ), Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev (KAZ) and Abzal Azhgaliyev received advances. |   
| Heat 1 19:45 | time | Note |  | 1. Wu Dajing |  China | 40.264 | Q, OR |  | 2. Bartosz Konopko |  Poland | 41.039 | Q |  | 3. Andy Jung |  Australia | 1:03.137 |   |  | 4. Thibaut Fauconnet |  France | 1:04.756 |   |  | -. Aaron Tran |  United States |   | PEN |   
| Heat 2 19:47 | time | Note |  | 1. Samuel Girard |  Canada | 40.493 | Q |  | 2. Roberts Zvejnieks |  Latvia | 40.563 | Q |  | 3. Yuri Confortola |  Italy | 40.869 |   |  | 4. Vladislav Bykanov |  Israel | 47.177 |   |   
| Heat 3 19:49 | time | Note |  | 1. Seo Yi-ra |  South Korea | 40.438 | Q |  | 2. Dylan Hoogerwerf |  Netherlands | 40.657 | Q |  | 3. Lepape Sébastien |  France | 40.900 |   |  | 4. Viktor Knoch |  Hungary | 1:06.040 |   |   
| Heat 4 19:51 | time | Note |  | 1. Lim Hyo-jun |  South Korea | 40.418 | Q |  | 2. Daan Breeuwsma |  Netherlands | 40.806 | Q |  | 3. Denis Nikisha |  Kazakhstan | 41.436 | ADV |  | -. Charles Hamelin |  Canada |   | PEN |   
| Heat 5 19:53 | time | Note |  | 1. Ren Ziwei |  China | 40.294 | Q |  | 2. Aleksandr Shulginov |  OA Russia | 40.585 | Q |  | 3. Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev |  Kazakhstan | 40.748 | ADV |  | -. Sjinkie Knegt |  Netherlands |   | PEN |   
| Heat 6 19:55 | time | Note |  | 1. Shaoang Liu |  Hungary | 40.526 | Q |  | 2. Ryosuke Sakazume |  Japan | 40.658 | Q |  | 3. Abzal Azhgaliyev |  Kazakhstan | 43.388 | ADV |  | -. Pavel Sitnikov |  OA Russia |   | PEN |   
| Heat 7 19:57 | time | Note |  | 1. Hwang Dae-heon |  South Korea | 40.758 | Q |  | 2. Keita Watanabe |  Japan | 41.678 | Q |  | 3. Thomas Hong |  United States | 43.096 |   |  | -. Jong Kwang-bom |  North Korea |   | PEN |   
| Heat 8 19:59 | time | Note |  | 1. Liu Shaolin Sándor |  Hungary | 40.650 | Q |  | 2. Han Tianyu |  China | 40.744 | Q |  | 3. Semion Elistratov |  OA Russia | 40.829 |   |  | 4. John-Henry Krueger |  United States | 41.008 |   |   
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|  Positions |  | CHN 1. 6. 12. |  | KOR 2. 3. 14. |  | CAN 4. P |  | HUN 5. 19. 28. |  | NED 7. 11. P |  | JPN 8. 16. |  | KAZ 9. 13. 18. |  | LAT 10. |  | OAR 15. 20. P |  | POL 17. |  | ITA 21. |  | FRA 22. 27. |  | USA 23. 25. P |  | AUS 24. |  | ISR 26. |  | PRK P |   
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