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Date: 10 September 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Frank Shorter | USA | 2:12:19.8 |
| 2 | Karel Lismont | BEL | 2:14:31.8 |
| 3 | Mamo Wolde | ETH | 2:15:08.4 |
| 4 | Kenneth Moore | USA | 2:15:39.8 |
| 5 | Kenji Kimihara | JPN | 2:16:27.0 |
| 6 | Ron Hill | GBR | 2:16:30.6 |
| 7 | Donald MacGregor | GBR | 2:16:34.4 |
| 8 | Jack Foster | NZL | 2:16:56.2 |
| 9 | Jack Bacheler | USA | 2:17:38.2 |
| 10 | Lengissa Bedane | ETH | 2:18:36.8 |
| 11 | Seppo Nikkari | FIN | 2:18:49.4 |
| 12 | Akio Usami | JPN | 2:18:58.0 |
| 13 | Derek Clayton | AUS | 2:19:49.6 |
| 14 | Yuriy Velikorodnyh | URS | 2:20:02.2 |
| 15 | Anatoli Baranov | URS | 2:20:10.4 |
| 16 | Paul Angenvoorth | FRG | 2:20:10.4 |
| 17 | Richard Mabuza | SWZ | 2:20:39.6 |
| 18 | Demissie Wolde | ETH | 2:20:44.0 |
| 19 | Reino Paukkonen | FIN | 2:21:06.4 |
| 20 | Colin Kirkham | GBR | 2:21:54.8 |
| 21 | Antonio Brutti | ITA | 2:22:12.0 |
| 22 | Dave McKenzie | NZL | 2:22:19.2 |
| 23 | Daniel McDaid | IRL | 2:22:25.2 |
| 24 | Renato Martini | ITA | 2:22:41.4 |
| 25 | Eckhard Lesse | GDR | 2:22:49.6 |
| 26 | Jacinto Sabinai | MEX | 2:22:56.6 |
| 27 | Gyula Toth | HUN | 2:22:59.8 |
| 28 | Fernand Kolbeck | FRA | 2:23:01.2 |
| 29 | Hernan Barreneche | COL | 2:23:40.0 |
| 30 | Jorgen Jensen | DEN | 2:24:00.2 |
| 31 | Manfred Steffny | FRG | 2:24:25.4 |
| 32 | Lutz Philipp | FRG | 2:24:25.4 |
| 33 | Ferenc Szekeres | HUN | 2:25:17.6 |
| 34 | Terry Manners | NZL | 2:25:29.2 |
| 35 | Igor Sherbak | URS | 2:25:37.4 |
| 36 | Yoshiaki Unetani | JPN | 2:25:59.0 |
| 37 | Kim Chang Son | PRK | 2:26:45.6 |
| 38 | Franco de Menego | ITA | 2:26:52.2 |
| 39 | Agustin Fernandez Diaz | ESP | 2:27:24.2 |
| 40 | Edward Stawiarz | POL | 2:28:12.4 |
| 41 | Armando Aldegalega | POR | 2:28:24.6 |
| 42 | Desmond McGann | IRL | 2:28:31.6 |
| 43 | Carlos Cuque | GUA | 2:28:37.0 |
| 44 | Alfons Sidler | SUI | 2:29:09.2 |
| 45 | Alfredo Penaloza | MEX | 2:29:51.0 |
| 46 | Walter Van Renterghem | BEL | 2:29:58.4 |
| 47 | Donald Walsh | IRL | 2:31:12.0 |
| 48 | Alvaro Mejia | COL | 2:31:56.4 |
| 49 | Ryu Man Hyong | PRK | 2:32:29.4 |
| 50 | Carlos Perez | ESP | 2:33:22.6 |
| 51 | Rafael Tadeo | MEX | 2:35:48.4 |
| 52 | Victor Mora | COL | 2:37:34.6 |
| 53 | Fernando Molina | ARG | 2:38:18.6 |
| 54 | Julio Quevedo | GUA | 2:40:38.6 |
| 55 | Ramon Cabrera | ARG | 2:42:37.2 |
| 56 | Matthews Kambale | MAW | 2:45:50.0 |
| 57 | Thein Hla | MYA | 2:48:53.2 |
| 58 | Ricardo Condori | BOL | 2:56:11.4 |
| 59 | Fulgence Rwabu | UGA | 2:57:04.4 |
| 60 | Bhakta Bahadur | NEP | 2:57:58.8 |
| 61 | Crispin Quispe | BOL | 3:07:22.8 |
| 62 | Maurice Charlotin | HAI | 3:29:21.0 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Nazario Araujo | ARG | ||
| Pekka Tiihonen | FIN | ||
| Rudolfo Gomez | NCA | ||
| Shag Mousa Medani | SUD | ||
| Juvenal Rocha | BOL | ||
| Jama Awil | SOM | ||
| Ismail Akeay | TUR | ||
| Jit Bahadur | NEP | ||
| Lucien Rosa | SRI | ||
| Julius Wakachu | TAN | ||
| Gaston Roelants | BEL | ||
| Richard Juma | KEN | ||
| Did not start | |||
| Hueseyin Aktas | TUR | ||
| Josef Jansky | TCH | ||