Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair
The men's coxless pair competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August – 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.
Results
Heats
Winner of each heat qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.Heat 1
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht | 7:22.94 | |
| 2 | Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu | 7:28.03 | |
| 3 | Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper | 7:30.62 | |
| 4 | László Balogh György Sarlós | 7:49.70 | |
| 5 | José Luis Rion Miguel Ruiz | 7:59.53 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann | 7:20.51 | |
| 2 | Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec | 7:24.16 | |
| 3 | Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis | 7:26.80 | |
| 4 | Larry Hough Dick Lyon | 7:33.16 | |
| 5 | Hans Fortmüller Ulli Wolf | 7:38.53 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev | 7:28.97 | |
| 2 | Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand | 7:34.89 | |
| 3 | Kim Mackney Chris Stevens | 7:39.03 | |
| 4 | Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza | 7:42.02 | |
| 5 | Ri Jong-hui Li Jong-un | 8:04.91 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager | 7:20.35 | |
| 2 | Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý | 7:25.92 | |
| 3 | Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić | 7:40.47 | |
| 4 | Andrew van Ruyven Richard Symsyk | 7:46.90 |