All throwers reaching {{height|m=59.00}} and the top 12 including ties advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All distances are listed in metres.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Group | Mark | 1st throw | 2nd throw | 3rd throw |
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1 | Ludvík Daněk | {{FlagIOC|TCH|1972 Summer}} | B | 64.32 | 64.32 | p | p |
2 | Jorma Rinne | {{FlagIOC|FIN|1972 Summer}} | B | 62.02 | 62.02 | p | p |
3 | Géza Fejér | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | B | 61.58 | 61.58 | p | p |
4 | Pentti Kahma | {{FlagIOC|FIN|1972 Summer}} | A | 61.24 | 58.50 | 61.24 | p |
5 | Ricky Bruch | {{FlagIOC|SWE|1972 Summer}} | A | 61.24 | 61.24 | p | p |
6 | Jay Silvester | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | A | 61.20 | 58.98 | 61.20 | p |
7 | Ferenc Tégla | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | A | 60.60 | 60.60 | p | p |
8 | János Murányi | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | B | 60.34 | 54.42 | 60.34 | p |
9 | Silvano Simeon | {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | B | 59.78 | 58.38 | 59.78 | p |
10 | Tim Vollmer | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | A | 59.60 | 59.60 | p | p |
11 | Namakoro Niaré | {{FlagIOC|MLI|1972 Summer}} | A | 59.38 | 59.38 | p | p |
12 | Detlef Thorith | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | A | 59.36 | 59.36 | p | p |
13 | John Powell | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | B | 59.30 | 54.94 | 59.30 | p |
14 | Les Mills | {{FlagIOC|NZL|1972 Summer}} | A | 59.22 | 59.22 | p | p |
15 | Klaus-Peter Hennig | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | A | 58.64 | 55.32 | x | 58.64 |
16 | Dirk Wippermann | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | B | 58.10 | 56.42 | 58.10 | 57.96 |
17 | Hein-Direck Neu | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | A | 58.10 | 56.36 | 58.10 | x |
18 | Zdravko Pečar | {{FlagIOC|YUG|1972 Summer}} | B | 57.84 | x | 57.84 | 53.52 |
19 | Bill Tancred | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | B | 57.24 | x | 55.86 | 57.24 |
20 | Robin Tait | {{FlagIOC|NZL|1972 Summer}} | B | 56.60 | 56.60 | 55.88 | x |
21 | Ain Roost | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | A | 56.58 | 56.58 | 55.48 | x |
22 | Hartmut Losch | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | B | 56.64 | 56.64 | x | 56.28 |
23 | Erlendur Valdimarsson | {{FlagIOC|ISL|1972 Summer}} | B | 55.38 | 55.38 | 55.16 | 53.26 |
24 | John Watts | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | A | 53.86 | 53.48 | x | 53.86 |
25 | Kaj Andersen | {{FlagIOC|DEN|1972 Summer}} | A | 53.52 | x | 51.60 | 53.52 |
26 | Praveen Kumar | {{FlagIOC|IND|1972 Summer}} | B | 53.12 | 52.58 | 53.12 | 51.58 |
27 | Heimo Reinitzer | {{FlagIOC|AUT|1972 Summer}} | B | 52.56 | x | 52.32 | 52.56 |
28 | Said Farouk Al-Turki | {{FlagIOC|KSA|1972 Summer}} | A | 33.78 | x | 33.78 | x |
- | Armando de Vincentis | {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | A | NM | x | x | x |
- | Stoyan Slavkov | {{FlagIOC|BUL|1972 Summer}} | A | DNS |
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- | Joussef Nagui Assad | {{FlagIOC|EGY|1972 Summer}} | B | DNS |
- | Noel Matouba | {{FlagIOC|CGO|1972 Summer}} | B | DNS |
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Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1st throw | 2nd throw | 3rd throw | 4th throw | 5th throw | 6th throw |
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{{Gold1}} | Ludvík Daněk | {{FlagIOC|TCH|1972 Summer}} | 64.40 | 58.12 | 60.38 | 62.38 | 62.54 | 61.70 | 64.40 |
{{Silver2}} | Jay Silvester | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 63.50 | 62.12 | x | 63.50 | x | x | 62.86 |
{{Bronze3}} | Ricky Bruch | {{FlagIOC|SWE|1972 Summer}} | 63.40 | 59.12 | x | 61.52 | 62.76 | 63.40 | 62.60 |
4 | John Powell | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 62.82 | 61.92 | 62.82 | 60.44 | x | 61.38 | x |
5 | Géza Fejér | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 62.62 | 62.50 | 62.56 | x | x | 61.50 | 62.62 |
6 | Detlef Thorith | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 62.42 | 61.74 | 62.42 | 61.06 | x | 59.88 | x |
7 | Ferenc Tégla | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 60.60 | 58.38 | 59.66 | 57.40 | x | 58.16 | 60.60 |
8 | Tim Vollmer | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 60.24 | 59.26 | 60.24 | x | x | x | 58.54 |
9 | Pentti Kahma | {{FlagIOC|FIN|1972 Summer}} | 59.66 | 57.20 | 58.92 | 59.66 |
10 | Silvano Simeon | {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 59.34 | 58.80 | 59.34 | 58.36 |
11 | Jorma Rinne | {{FlagIOC|FIN|1972 Summer}} | 59.22 | 57.30 | 56.88 | 59.22 |
12 | János Murányi | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 57.92 | 57.92 | 57.16 | x |
13 | Namakoro Niaré | {{FlagIOC|MLI|1972 Summer}} | 56.48 | 56.48 | 55.10 | x |
14 | Les Mills | {{FlagIOC|NZL|1972 Summer}} | 55.86 | x | 54.48 | 55.86 |
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1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/mens-discus-throw.html |title=Athletics at the 1972 Munich City Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw |accessdate=13 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}