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Host City: München, West Germany
Location: Olympic Swim Hall
Date Started: August 29, 1972
Date Finished: August 30, 1972
| Gold: | Nobutaka Taguchi |
| Silver: | Tom Bruce |
| Bronze: | John Hencken |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobutaka Taguchi | 21 | Japan | JPN | Gold | WR |
| 2 | Tom Bruce | 20 | United States | USA | Silver | |
| 3 | John Hencken | 18 | United States | USA | Bronze | |
| 4 | Mark Chatfield | 19 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 | Walter Kusch | 18 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 6 | José Sylvio Fiolo | 22 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 7 | Nikolay Pankin | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 8 | David Wilkie | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 4 h1 r2/3 | Klaus Katzur | 29 | East Germany | GDR | ||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | Bill Mahony | 22 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | Bernard Combet | 18 | France | FRA | ||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | Viktor Stulikov | 18 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | Robert Stoddart | 22 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 7 h2 r2/3 | Vladimir Kosinsky | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 8 h1 r2/3 | Rainer Hradetzky | 19 | East Germany | GDR | ||
| 8 h2 r2/3 | Roger-Philippe Menu | 24 | France | FRA | ||
| 3 h2 r1/3 | Malcolm O'Connell | 17 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 3 h5 r1/3 | Michael Whitaker | 20 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 3 h6 r1/3 | Michael Günther | 22 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 4 h1 r1/3 | Paul Jarvie | 19 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 4 h2 r1/3 | Sándor Szabó | 21 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 4 h4 r1/3 | Liam Ball | 21 | Ireland | IRL | ||
| 4 h5 r1/3 | Felipe Muñoz | 21 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 4 h6 r1/3 | Osvaldo Boretto | 20 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 5 h1 r1/3 | Sokhon Yi | 21 | Cambodia | CAM | ||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | Gustavo Salcedo | 20 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 5 h3 r1/3 | Amman Jalmaani | 23 | Philippines | PHI | ||
| 5 h4 r1/3 | Andreas Hellmann | 20 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 5 h5 r1/3 | Pedro Balcells | 18 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 5 h6 r1/3 | János Tóth | 17 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 6 h1 r1/3 | Edmondo Mingione | 19 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 6 h2 r1/3 | Jean-Pierre Dubey | 21 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 6 h3 r1/3 | Steffen Kriechbaum | 25 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 6 h4 r1/3 | Karl Christian Koch | 20 | Denmark | DEN | ||
| 6 h5 r1/3 | Alfredo Hunger | 17 | Peru | PER | ||
| 6 h6 r1/3 | Angel Chakarov | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 7 h1 r1/3 | Morkal Faruk | 21 | Turkey | TUR | ||
| 7 h2 r1/3 | Cezary Śmiglak | 19 | Poland | POL | ||
| 7 h3 r1/3 | Bruno Bassoul | 15 | Lebanon | LIB | ||
| 7 h4 r1/3 | Piero Ferracuti | El Salvador | ESA | |||
| 7 h5 r1/3 | Theodoros Koutoumanis | 21 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 7 h6 r1/3 | Paul Naisby | 17 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 8 h5 r1/3 | Rudi Vingerhoets | 14 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 8 h6 r1/3 | Guðjón Guðmundsson | 20 | Iceland | ISL |