Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls
The men's double sculls 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 | Tim Crooks Patrick Delafield | 6:57.70 | |
| 2 | Joachim Böhmer Uli Schmied | 7:07.94 | |
| 3 | Albert Heyche Claude Dehombreux | 7:16.69 | |
| 4 | Jorge Imaz Ricardo Ibarra | 7:18.28 | |
| 5 | Peter Barr John McNiven | 7:21.69 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Josef Straka, Jr. Vladek Lacina | 6:56.82 | |
| 2 | Hans Ruckstuhl Ueli Isler | 7:02.90 | |
| 3 | Frank Hansen Svein Thøgersen | 7:03.65 | |
| 4 | Thomas McKibbon John Van Blom | 7:08.91 | |
| 5 | Roman Kowalewski Kazimierz Lewandowski | 7:21.05 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Aleksandr Timoshinin Gennadi Korshikov | 6:56.17 | |
| 2 | Jan Bruyn Paul Veenemans | 7:02.12 | |
| 3 | Jochen Meißner Arthur Heyne | 7:12.03 | |
| 4 | Tsugio Ito Yoshio Minato | 7:17.51 | |
| 5 | Federico Scheffler Ricardo Scheffler | 7:43.87 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Niels Henry Secher Jørgen Engelbrecht | 7:11.32 | |
| 2 | Jean-Noël Ribot Roland Thibaut | 7:16.50 | |
| 3 | Manfred Krausbar Sepp Puchinger | 7:29.13 | |
| 4 | Carlos Oliveira Manuel Barroso | 8:09.93 |