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Date: 31 August 1972 / 1 September 1972 / 2 September 1972
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | David Wottle | USA | 1:45.9 |
| 2 | Evgeni Arzhanov | URS | 1:45.9 |
| 3 | Mike Boit | KEN | 1:46.0 |
| 4 | Franz-Josef Kemper | FRG | 1:46.5 |
| 5 | Robert Ouko | KEN | 1:46.5 |
| 6 | Andrew Carter | GBR | 1:46.6 |
| 7 | Andrzej Kupczyk | POL | 1:47.1 |
| 8 | Dieter Fromm | GDR | 1:48.0 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Manuel Gayoso | ESP | 1:47.7 |
| 10 | Rolf Gysin | SUI | 1:48.2 |
| 11 | David Cropper | GBR | 1:48.4 |
| 12 | Josef Schmidt | FRG | 1:48.8 |
| 13 | Jozef Plachy | TCH | 1:48.9 |
| 13 | Mulugetta Tadesse | ETH | 1:48.9 |
| 15 | Joze Medjimurec | YUG | 1:49.0 |
| 16 | Francis Murphy | IRL | 1:49.2 |
| 17 | Azzedine Azzouzi | ALG | 1:49.4 |
| 18 | Alain Sans | FRA | 1:49.6 |
| 18 | Ivan Ivanov | URS | 1:49.6 |
| 20 | Herman Mignon | BEL | 1:49.7 |
| 21 | Mansour Guettaya | TUN | 1:49.8 |
| 22 | Evgeni Volkov | URS | 1:50.1 |
| 23 | Hussein Angelo Nimir | SUD | 1:51.1 |
| 24 | Kenneth Swenson | USA | |
| Heats | |||
| 25 | Sriram Singh | IND | 1:47.7 |
| 26 | Roqui Sanchez | FRA | 1:47.9 |
| 27 | Byron Dyce | JAM | 1:48.0 |
| 28 | Graeme Rootham | AUS | 1:48.2 |
| 29 | Thomas Saisi | KEN | 1:48.5 |
| 30 | Fernando Mamede | POR | 1:48.6 |
| 31 | Lennox Stewart | TTO | 1:48.7 |
| 32 | Francis Gonzalez | FRA | 1:48.8 |
| 33 | Andras Zsinka | HUN | 1:49.0 |
| 34 | Richard Wohlhuter | USA | 1:49.4 |
| 35 | Mehmet Tuemkan | TUR | 1:49.5 |
| 36 | Gheorghe Ghipu | ROU | 1:50.1 |
| 37 | Sid-Ali Djoudi | ALG | 1:50.4 |
| 38 | Reza Entezari | IRI | 1:50.5 |
| 39 | Carlos Dalurzo | ARG | 1:50.6 |
| 40 | Thorst Thorsteinsson | ISL | 1:50.8 |
| 40 | Edouard Rasoanaivo | MAD | 1:50.8 |
| 40 | Hector Lopez | VEN | 1:50.8 |
| 43 | Donaldo Arza | PAN | 1:51.2 |
| 43 | Sjef Hensgens | NED | 1:51.2 |
| 43 | Alphonse Mandonda | CGO | 1:51.2 |
| 46 | Jaiye Abidoye | NGR | 1:52.0 |
| 47 | Roger Kangni | TOG | 1:52.1 |
| 48 | Kassem Hamze | LBN | 1:52.5 |
| 49 | M.? Seediq | PAK | 1:52.6 |
| 50 | Shibrou Regassa | ETH | 1:53.3 |
| 51 | Benson Mulomba | ZAM | 1:53.4 |
| 52 | Daniel Andrade | SEN | 1:53.9 |
| 53 | Jimmy Crampton | MYA | 1:54.2 |
| 54 | Colin Campbell | GBR | 1:54.8 |
| 55 | Harry Nkopeka | MAW | 1:57.7 |
| 56 | Francisco Menocal | NCA | 1:58.6 |
| 57 | O'Brien Thomas Howe | LBR | 2:00.7 |
| 58 | Fritz Pierre | HAI | 2:01.5 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Walter Adams | FRG | ||
| Disqualified | |||
| Mohammed Aboker | SOM | ||
| Antonio Fernandez | ESP | ||
| Did not start | |||
| M'Hamad Amakdouf | MAR | ||
| Francesco Arese | ITA | ||
| Saad Maaz Abdulrazak | KSA | ||