Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four
The men's coxed four competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August to 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.
Results
Heats
Top three of each heat advanced to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage. NOTE: The coxswain for each team is listed in the fifth position.Heat 1
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Peter Berger Hans-Johann Färber Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Uwe Benter | 6:46.66 | |
| 2 | Volodymyr Sterlik Vladimir Solovyov Aleksandr Lyubaturov Yury Shamayev Igor Rudakov | 6:50.21 | |
| 3 | Warren Cole Chris Nilsson John Clark David Lindstrom Peter Lindsay | 6:51.76 | |
| 4 | David Sawyier Charles Ruthford Chad Rudolph Mike Vespoli Stewart MacDonald | 6:56.01 | |
| 5 | Alf Hansen Finn Tveter Tom Welo Petter Wærness Jørgen Cappelen | 7:05.75 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Hanspeter Lüthi Urs Fankhauser Franz Rentsch Denis Oswald Rolf Stadelmann | 6:53.30 | |
| 2 | Antonio Baldacci Renzo Sambo Pasquale Chiabai Claudio Padoan Alberto Cecchi | 6:53.59 | |
| 3 | Christopher Pierce Alan Almand Hugh Matheson Rooney Massara Patrick Sweeney | 6:57.33 | |
| 4 | John Lee Peter Shakespear Will Baillieu Philip Wilkinson Vern Bowrey | 7:07.00 | |
| 5 | Mogens Holm Bjarne Pedersen Per Wind Jens Lindhardt Kim Wind | 7:08.22 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Dietrich Zander Reinhard Gust Eckhard Martens Rolf Jobst Klaus-Dieter Ludwig | 6:44.57 | |
| 2 | Otakar Mareček Karel Neffe Vladimír Jánoš František Provazník Vladimír Petříček | 6:49.41 | |
| 3 | Wim Grothuis Evert Kroes Jan-Willem van Woudenberg Johan ter Haar Kees de Korver | 6:53.30 | |
| 4 | Edgar Smith James Walker Roger Jackson Robert Cunliffe Michael Conway | 7:01.52 |