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Date: 7 September 1972 / 8 September 1972
Details
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Nikolay Avilov | URS | 8454 |
| 2 | Leonid Litvinenko | URS | 8035 |
| 3 | Ryszard Katus | POL | 7984 |
| 4 | Jefferson Bennett | USA | 7974 |
| 5 | Stefan Schreyer | GDR | 7950 |
| 6 | Freddy Herbrandt | BEL | 7947 |
| 7 | Steen Smidt-Jensen | DEN | 7947 |
| 8 | Tadeusz Janczenko | POL | 7861 |
| 9 | Josef Zeilbauer | AUT | 7741 |
| 10 | Bruce Jenner | USA | 7722 |
| 11 | Regis Ghesquiere | BEL | 7677 |
| 12 | Yves Le Roy | FRA | 7675 |
| 13 | Boris Ivanov | URS | 7657 |
| 14 | Roger Lespagnard | BEL | 7519 |
| 15 | Barry King | GBR | 7468 |
| 16 | Radu Gavrilas | ROU | 7417 |
| 17 | Chauhan Vijay Singh | IND | 7378 |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Schoebel | FRA | 7273 |
| 19 | Heinz Born | SUI | 7217 |
| 20 | Jozsef Bakai | HUN | 7071 |
| 21 | Jeffrey Bannister | USA | 7022 |
| 22 | Wilfred Mwalawanda | MAW | 6227 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Peter Gabbett | GBR | ||
| Ryszard Skowronek | POL | ||
| Rudolf Mangish | SUI | ||
| Joachim Kirst | GDR | ||
| Joachim Walde | FRG | ||
| Gerry Moro | CAN | ||
| Clifford Brooks | BAR | ||
| Luis Flores Asturias | GUA | ||
| Lennart Hedmark | SWE | ||
| Hans-Joachim Perk | FRG | ||
| Horst Beyer | FRG | ||
| Did not start | |||
| Renato Carnevali | ITA | ||