From Whistler, Canada
Lyndon Rush wants nothing more than to win on home ice. He’ll have to make it past Max Arndt iif he wants to do that. The difference from first to second is just .09. Zubkov and his monster push is third, while Beat Hefti sits fourth and Manuel Machata is fifth.
Americans Cunningham and Butner are 9th and 14th after their first runs, while Justin Kripps sits 19th.
The Korean team wrecked off Turn 4, and will not make the second heat.
| Pos | Names | Nation | Draw | Run 1 |
| 1 | Arndt/Putze | GER 1 | 9 | 51.95 |
| 2 | Rush/Lumsden | CAN 1 | 1 | 52.04 |
| 3 | Zubkov/Trunenkov | RUS 1 | 8 | 52.11 |
| 4 | Hefti/Lamparter | SUI 1 | 3 | 52.23 |
| 5 | Machata/Poser | GER 2 | 2 | 52.38 |
| 6 | Bertazzo/Costa | ITA 1 | 11 | 52.44 |
| 7 | Istrate/Craciun | ROU 1 | 12 | 52.47 |
| 8 | Kasjanov/Belugin | RUS 2 | 10 | 52.51 |
| 9 | Cunningham/Robinson | USA 1 | 13 | 52.53 |
| 10 | Van Calker/Piek | NED 1 | 4 | 52.61 |
| 11 | Servelle/Lefort | MON 1 | 6 | 52.67 |
| 12 | Baumann/Egger | SUI 2 | 5 | 52.72 |
| 13 | Jackson/Tasker | GBR 1 | 14 | 52.72 |
| 14 | Butner/Quinn | USA 2 | 15 | 52.94 |
| 15 | Friedrich/Listner | GER 3 | 7 | 52.96 |
| 16 | Kupczyk/Niewiara | POL 1 | 17 | 53.00 |
| 17 | Godefroy/Jolivet | FRA 1 | 19 | 53.11 |
| 18 | Kripps/Randall | CAN 2 | 16 | 53.43 |
| 19 | Jagnesak/Tesovic | SLO 1 | 20 | 53.57 |
| 20 | Spence/Mata | AUS 1 | 18 | 53.78 |
| DNF | Kim/Suk | KOR 1 | 21 | DNF |
