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Date: 9 February 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Penalties | Total |
| 1 | Magnar Solberg | NOR | 1:13:55.50 | 2 | 1:15:55.50 |
| 2 | Hansjörg Knauthe | GDR | 1:15:07.60 | 1 | 1:16:07.60 |
| 3 | Lars-Göran Arwidson | SWE | 1:14:27.03 | 2 | 1:16:27.03 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Tikhonov | URS | 1:12:48.65 | 4 | 1:16:48.65 |
| 5 | Yrjö Salpakari | FIN | 1:14:51.43 | 2 | 1:16:51.43 |
| 6 | Esko Saira | FIN | 1:12:34.80 | 5 | 1:17:34.80 |
| 7 | Viktor Mamatov | URS | 1:16:16.26 | 2 | 1:18:16.26 |
| 8 | Tor Svendsberget | NOR | 1:15:26.54 | 3 | 1:18:26.54 |
| 9 | Aleksander Klima | POL | 1:17:00.86 | 2 | 1:19:00.86 |
| 10 | Daniel Claudon | FRA | 1:18:14.67 | 1 | 1:19:14.67 |
| 11 | Keith Oliver | GBR | 1:17:40.31 | 3 | 1:20:40.31 |
| 12 | Ivan Byakov | URS | 1:17:42.78 | 3 | 1:20:42.78 |
| 13 | Dieter Speer | GDR | 1:13:43.63 | 7 | 1:20:43.60 |
| 14 | Peter Karns | USA | 1:18:59.67 | 2 | 1:20:59.67 |
| 15 | Günter Bartnik | GDR | 1:16:01.73 | 5 | 1:21:01.73 |
| 16 | Willy Bertin | ITA | 1:16:03.04 | 5 | 1:21:03.04 |
| 17 | Miki Shibuya | JPN | 1:16:57.27 | 5 | 1:21:57.27 |
| 18 | Kåre Hovda | NOR | 1:16:20.37 | 6 | 1:22:20.37 |
| 19 | Rinnat Safin | URS | 1:15:22.59 | 7 | 1:22:22.59 |
| 20 | Horst Koschka | GDR | 1:17:24.58 | 5 | 1:22:24.58 |
| 21 | Holmfrid Olsson | SWE | 1:19:28.78 | 3 | 1:22:28.78 |
| 22 | Giovanni Astegiano | ITA | 1:16:45.90 | 6 | 1:22:45.90 |
| 23 | Shozo Sasaki | JPN | 1:18:05.54 | 5 | 1:23:05.54 |
| 24 | Dennis Donahue | USA | 1:19:20.39 | 4 | 1:23:20.39 |
| 25 | Isao Ono | JPN | 1:16:26.83 | 7 | 1:23:26.83 |
| 26 | Jeffrey Stevens | GBR | 1:19:28.95 | 4 | 1:23:28.95 |
| 27 | Mauri Röppänen | FIN | 1:16:45.88 | 7 | 1:23:45.88 |
| 28 | Victor Fontana | ROU | 1:19:17.85 | 5 | 1:24:17.85 |
| 29 | Ragnar Tveiten | NOR | 1:17:19.91 | 7 | 1:24:19.91 |
| 30 | Juhani Suutarinen | FIN | 1:14:25.99 | 10 | 1:24:25.99 |
| 31 | Pierantonio Clementi | ITA | 1:19:28.74 | 6 | 1:25:28.74 |
| 32 | Vilmoş Gheorghe | ROU | 1:17:52.27 | 8 | 1:25:52.27 |
| 33 | Andrzej Rapacz | POL | 1:17:21.02 | 9 | 1:26:21.02 |
| 34 | Nicolae Veştea | ROU | 1:21:08.21 | 6 | 1:27:08.21 |
| 35 | Józef Stopka | POL | 1:19:18.66 | 8 | 1:27:18.66 |
| 36 | Ladislav Žižka | TCH | 1:16:36.81 | 11 | 1:27:36.81 |
| 37 | René Arpin | FRA | 1:19:52.64 | 8 | 1:27:52.64 |
| 38 | Kazuo Sasakubo | JPN | 1:19:07.43 | 9 | 1:28:07.43 |
| 39 | Arnošt Hájek | TCH | 1:19:22.37 | 9 | 1:28:22.37 |
| 40 | Lino Jordan | ITA | 1:16:26.09 | 12 | 1:28:26.09 |
| 41 | Dexter "Allen" Morse | USA | 1:21:40.14 | 7 | 1:28:40.14 |
| 42 | Olle Petrusson | SWE | 1:16:40.58 | 12 | 1:28:40.58 |
| 43 | Alan Notley | GBR | 1:21:48.72 | 7 | 1:28:48.72 |
| 44 | Stanislav Fajstavr | TCH | 1:19:53.33 | 9 | 1:28:53.33 |
| 45 | Jay Bowerman Jr. | USA | 1:22:13.71 | 7 | 1:29:13.71 |
| 46 | Josef Niedermeier | FRG | 1:21:26.44 | 8 | 1:29:26.44 |
| 47 | Pavel Ploc | TCH | 1:18:38.79 | 11 | 1:29:38.79 |
| 48 | Andrzej Fiedor | POL | 1:19:17.25 | 11 | 1:30:17.25 |
| 49 | Torsten Wadman | SWE | 1:17:17.56 | 13 | 1:30:17.56 |
| 50 | Theo Merkel | FRG | 1:19:58.17 | 11 | 1:30:58.17 |
| 51 | Aimé Gruet-Masson | FRA | 1:18:44.41 | 15 | 1:33:44.41 |
| 52 | Constantin Carabela | ROU | 1:22:45.95 | 11 | 1:33:45.95 |
| 53 | Malcolm Hirst | GBR | 1:20:55.59 | 14 | 1:34:55.59 |
| Did not finish | |||||
| Paul Chassagne | FRA | ||||