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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Olympic Regatta Course, Oberschleißheim, München
Date Started: September 5, 1972
Date Finished: September 9, 1972
| Gold: | Oleksandr Shaparenko |
| Silver: | Rolf Peterson |
| Bronze: | Géza Csapó |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oleksandr Shaparenko | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | OB |
| 2 | Rolf Peterson | 28 | Sweden | SWE | Silver | |
| 3 | Géza Csapó | 21 | Hungary | HUN | Bronze | |
| 4 | Jean-Pierre Burny | 27 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 5 | Ladislav Souček | 26 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 6 | Joachim Mattern | 24 | East Germany | GDR | ||
| 7 | Erik Hansen | 32 | Denmark | DEN | ||
| 8 | Grzegorz Śledziewski | 22 | Poland | POL | ||
| 9 | Ilkka Nummisto | 28 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 4 h1r3/4 | John Southwood | 29 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 4 h2r3/4 | Ion Dragulschi | 22 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 4 h3r3/4 | Günther Pfaff | 33 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 5 h1r3/4 | Don Cooper | 23 | New Zealand | NZL | ||
| 5 h2r3/4 | Dean Oldershaw | 26 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 5 h3r3/4 | Edicto Gilbert | 27 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 6 h1r3/4 | N'Gama | 24 | Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | ||
| 6 h2r3/4 | John Oliver | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 6 h3r3/4 | Howard Watkins | 20 | Ireland | IRL | ||
| 4 h1r2/4 | Mauro Chiostri | 24 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 4 h2r2/4 | Hermelindo Soto | 22 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 4 h3r2/4 | Robert Mitchell | 23 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 h2r2/4 | Bernd Guse | 31 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 5 h3r2/4 | Tadamasa Sato | 31 | Japan | JPN | ||
| AC h1r1/4 | Vasil Chilingirov | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL |