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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Swimming Hall, Olympic Park, München
Date Started: September 3, 1972
Date Finished: September 3, 1972
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Gunnar Larsson |
| Silver: | Tim McKee |
| Bronze: | Steve Furniss |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfram Sperling | 19 | East Germany | GDR | 2:12.87 | |
| 2 | Thomas Aretz | 23 | West Germany | FRG | 2:13.19 | |
| 3 | Bertram Türpe | 20 | East Germany | GDR | 2:16.54 | |
| 4 | Hsu Tung-Hsiung | 17 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 2:18.34 | |
| 5 | José Joaquín Santibáñez | 20 | Mexico | MEX | 2:19.47 | |
| 6 | Amin Ahmed Adel Youssef | 25 | Egypt | EGY | 2:24.61 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | András Hargitay | 16 | Hungary | HUN | 2:10.88 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Bruce Featherston | 20 | Australia | AUS | 2:15.18 | |
| 3 | Clay Evans | 18 | Canada | CAN | 2:15.19 | |
| 4 | David Brumwell | 18 | Canada | CAN | 2:16.84 | |
| 5 | Gudmunður Gíslason | 31 | Iceland | ISL | 2:20.00 | |
| 6 | James Findlay | 18 | Australia | AUS | 2:20.08 | |
| 7 | Wong Ronnie | 20 | Hong Kong | HKG | 2:34.82 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunnar Larsson | 21 | Sweden | SWE | 2:09.70 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Klaus Steinbach | 18 | West Germany | FRG | 2:13.84 | |
| 3 | Doug Jamison | 19 | Canada | CAN | 2:17.71 | |
| 4 | Antônio Azevedo | 17 | Brazil | BRA | 2:19.41 | |
| 5 | Marian Slavic | 26 | Romania | ROU | 2:19.98 | |
| 6 | Roy Chan | 16 | Singapore | SIN | 2:24.43 | |
| AC | Barry Prime | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | [2:18.84] | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim McKee | 19 | United States | USA | 2:10.44 | QU |
| 2 | Juan Carlos Bello | 23 | Peru | PER | 2:11.70 | QU |
| 3 | David Wilkie | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:13.25 | |
| 4 | John McConnochie | 18 | New Zealand | NZL | 2:15.04 | |
| 5 | Andreas Weber | 19 | West Germany | FRG | 2:16.17 | |
| 6 | Neil Martin | 17 | Australia | AUS | 2:16.24 | |
| 7 | François van Kruisdijk | 20 | Netherlands | NED | 2:17.14 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Furniss | 19 | United States | USA | 2:09.97 | QU |
| 2 | Hans Ljungberg | 24 | Sweden | SWE | 2:12.46 | QU |
| 3 | Valentyn Partyka | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:13.24 | |
| 4 | Ricardo Marmolejo | 18 | Mexico | MEX | 2:15.82 | |
| 5 | Zbigniew Pacelt | 21 | Poland | POL | 2:17.35 | |
| 6 | Bruno Bassoul | 15 | Lebanon | LIB | 2:27.78 | |
| 7 | Chiang Jin Choon | 15 | Malaysia | MAS | 2:32.67 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Hall | 21 | United States | USA | 2:09.85 | QU |
| 2 | Mikhail Sukharev | 19 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:11.91 | QU |
| 3 | Christian Lietzmann | 16 | East Germany | GDR | 2:13.42 | |
| 4 | Jiro Sasaki | 16 | Japan | JPN | 2:16.56 | |
| 5 | Jairulla Jaitulla | 18 | Philippines | PHI | 2:17.23 | |
| 6 | Lorenzo Marugo | 20 | Italy | ITA | 2:19.00 |