| Date | 28 July 2012 — 11:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Greenwich Arena, Greenwich, London | |
| Format | Top twenty-four (maximum two per nation) qualified for the final. Mean score of two final jumps determined placement. | |
| Difficulty Judge 1 | Enrique Salanitro |  ARG | 
| Difficulty Judge 2 | Alain Macchia |  FRA | 
| Execution Judge 1 | Gabriel Varga |  SVK | 
| Execution Judge 2 | Zbigniew Pelc |  POL | 
| Execution Judge 3 | Rodrigo Lagos |  CHI | 
| Execution Judge 4 | Robson Caballero |  BRA | 
| Execution Judge 5 | Timur Amirbekov |  KAZ | 
| Execution Reference Judge 1 | Chen Ming-Yao |  TPE | 
| Execution Reference Judge 2 | Sotiris Stylianou |  CYP | 
| Line Judge | Lee Woolls |  GBR | 
| Pos | Nr | Gymnast | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Denis Ablyazin |  RUS | 16.366 | |||
| 2 | – | Yang Hak-Seon |  KOR | 16.333 | |||
| 3 | – | Tomás González |  CHI | 16.149 | |||
| 4 | – | Sam Mikulak |  USA | 16.083 | |||
| 5 | – | Kristian Thomas |  GBR | 15.983 | |||
| 6 | – | Flavius Koczi |  ROU | 15.949 | |||
| 7 | – | Isaac Botella |  ESP | 15.833 | |||
| 8 | – | Ihor Radivilov |  UKR | 15.799 | |||
| 9 | – | Dzmitry Kaspiarovich |  BLR | 15.666 | |||
| 10 | – | Matteo Angioletti |  ITA | 15.583 | |||
| 11 | – | Oleh Verniaiev |  UKR | 15.549 | |||
| 12 | – | Mohamed El-Saharty |  EGY | 15.483 | |||
| 13 | – | Shek Wai Hung |  HKG | 15.466 | |||
| 14 | – | Jake Dalton |  USA | 15.333 | |||
| 15 | – | Artur Davtyan |  ARM | 14.833 | |||
| 16 | – | Kim Su-Myeon |  KOR | 14.412 | |||
| 17 | – | Koji Yamamuro |  JPN | 14.266 |