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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Fencing Hall 1, Exhibition Lands (Hall 11 & 12), München; Fencing Hall 1, Exhibition Lands (Hall 20), München
Date Started: August 30, 1972
Date Finished: August 31, 1972
| Gold: | Viktor Sidyak |
| Silver: | Péter Marót |
| Bronze: | Vladimir Nazlymov |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Sidyak | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | |
| 2 | Péter Marót | 27 | Hungary | HUN | Silver | |
| 3 | Vladimir Nazlymov | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | Bronze | |
| 4 | Michele Maffei | 25 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 5 | Régis Bonissent | 24 | France | FRA | ||
| 6 | Tamás Kovács | 29 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 4 p1 r4/5 | Jerzy Pawłowski | 39 | Poland | POL | ||
| 4 p2 r4/5 | Paul Apostol | 26 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 p1 r4/5 | Iosif Budahazi | 25 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 5 p2 r4/5 | Paul Wischeidt | 28 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 6 p1 r4/5 | Bernard Vallée | 26 | France | FRA | ||
| 6 p2 r4/5 | Boris Stavrev | 37 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 4 p1 r3/5 | Mario Aldo Montano | 24 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 4 p2 r3/5 | Manuel Ortíz | 24 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 4 p3 r3/5 | Józef Nowara | 27 | Poland | POL | ||
| 4 p4 r3/5 | Dan Irimiciuc | 23 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 5 p1 r3/5 | Alfonso Morales | 35 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 p2 r3/5 | Rolando Rigoli | 31 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 5 p3 r3/5 | Alex Orban | 33 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 p4 r3/5 | Tibor Pézsa | 36 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 6 p1 r3/5 | Walter Convents | 23 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 6 p2 r3/5 | Knut Höhne | 22 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 6 p3 r3/5 | Philippe Bena | 20 | France | FRA | ||
| 6 p4 r3/5 | Janusz Majewski | 32 | Poland | POL | ||
| 5 p1 r2/5 | Stoyko Lipchev | 26 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 5 p2 r2/5 | Guzman Salazar | 20 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 5 p3 r2/5 | Richard Oldcorn | 34 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 5 p4 r2/5 | Hans Brandstätter | 23 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 5 p5 r2/5 | Eddy Ham | 22 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 5 p6 r2/5 | John Deanfield | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 6 p1 r2/5 | Francisco de la Torre | 20 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 6 p2 r2/5 | Anani Mikhaylov | 24 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 6 p3 r2/5 | Fritz Prause | 23 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 6 p4 r2/5 | Sandor Gombay | 33 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 6 p5 r2/5 | Roberto Alva | 20 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 6 p6 r2/5 | Constantin Nicolae | 33 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 5 p1 r1/5 | Bernd Brodar | 25 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 5 p2 r1/5 | Mark Rakita | 34 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 5 p3 r1/5 | Vicente Calderón | 23 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 5 p4 r1/5 | Guillermo Saucedo | 31 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 5 p5 r1/5 | Fernando Lúpiz | 19 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 5 p6 r1/5 | Janos Mohoss | 36 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 5 p7 r1/5 | Enrique Barza | 22 | Peru | PER | ||
| 5 p8 r1/5 | Ioannis Khatzisarantos | 24 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 5 p9 r1/5 | Mehmet Akpınar | 32 | Turkey | TUR | ||
| 6 p1 r1/5 | Chan Matthew | 25 | Hong Kong | HKG | ||
| 6 p2 r1/5 | Robert Elliott | 22 | Hong Kong | HKG | ||
| 6 p3 r1/5 | Fawzi Merhi | 22 | Lebanon | LIB | ||
| 6 p4 r1/5 | Yves Daniel Darricau | 19 | Lebanon | LIB | ||
| 6 p5 r1/5 | Richard Cohen | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 6 p7 r1/5 | Bob Foxcroft | 38 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 6 p8 r1/5 | Hermilo Leal | 20 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 6 p9 r1/5 | Istvan Kulcsar | 35 | Switzerland | SUI |