| Date | 31 August 1972 |
|---|---|
| Location | Olympia-Regattastrecke, Oberschleißheim, München |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Romania |  ROU | 7:12.50 | 1:43.46 (2) | 3:32.46 (1) | 5:23.22 (1) | 1:49.00 (2) | 1:50.76 (2) | 1:49.28 (1) | ||||||
| Emeric Tușa • Adalbert Agh • Mihai Naumencu • Francisc Papp | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Denmark |  DEN | 7:16.01 | 1:46.21 (5) | 3:33.49 (3) | 5:23.41 (2) | 1:47.28 (1) | 1:49.92 (1) | 1:52.60 (4) | ||||||
| Willy Poulsen • Peter Fich Christiansen • Egon Pedersen • Rolf Andersen | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Soviet Union |  URS | 7:16.59 | 1:42.74 (1) | 3:33.03 (2) | 5:24.40 (3) | 1:50.29 (3) | 1:51.37 (3) | 1:52.19 (3) | ||||||
| Anatoly Tkachuk • Igor Kashurov • Aleksandr Motin • Vitaly Sapronov | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Great Britain |  GBR | 7:22.21 | 1:45.60 (4) | 3:36.59 (4) | 5:29.22 (4) | 1:50.99 (4) | 1:52.63 (4) | 1:52.99 (5) | ||||||
| Fred Smallbone • Lenny Robertson • Jim Clark • Bill Mason | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Switzerland |  SUI | 7:23.87 | 1:46.31 (6) | 3:37.80 (6) | 5:32.38 (6) | 1:51.49 (5) | 1:54.58 (6) | 1:51.49 (2) | ||||||
| Hansjörg Bendiner • Walter Steiner • Thomas Macher • Kurt Baumann | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 7:24.93 | 1:44.89 (3) | 3:37.06 (5) | 5:30.96 (5) | 1:52.17 (6) | 1:53.90 (5) | 1:53.97 (6) | ||||||
| Biser Boyadzhiev • Borislav Vasilev • Nikolay Kolev • Metodi Halvadzhiyski | ||||||||||||||||
