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Date: 8 September 1972 / 9 September 1972 / 10 September 1972
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Pekka Vasala | FIN | 3:36.3 |
| 2 | Kipchoge Keino | KEN | 3:36.8 |
| 3 | Rod Dixon | NZL | 3:37.5 |
| 4 | Mike Boit | KEN | 3:38.4 |
| 5 | Brendan Foster | GBR | 3:39.0 |
| 6 | Herman Mignon | BEL | 3:39.1 |
| 7 | Paul-Heinz Weilmann | FRG | 3:40.1 |
| 8 | Vladimir Pantelei | URS | 3:40.2 |
| 9 | Tony Polhill | NZL | 3:41.8 |
| 10 | Tom Hansen | DEN | 3:46.6 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 11 | Gunnar Ekman | SWE | 3:39.4 |
| 12 | Robert Wheeler | USA | 3:40.4 |
| 13 | Francesco Arese | ITA | 3:41.1 |
| 14 | Jean-Pierre Dufresne | FRA | 3:41.6 |
| 14 | David Wottle | USA | 3:41.6 |
| 16 | Shibrou Regassa | ETH | 3:41.9 |
| 17 | Gianni del Buono | ITA | 3:42.0 |
| 17 | Christopher Fisher | AUS | 3:42.0 |
| 19 | Jacques Boxberger | FRA | 3:42.4 |
| 20 | Henryk Szordykowski | POL | 3:42.5 |
| 21 | Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | 3:43.4 |
| 22 | Spilios Zacharopoulos | GRE | 3:43.5 |
| 23 | Ulf Hogberg | SWE | 3:43.6 |
| 24 | Hailu Ebba | ETH | 3:43.7 |
| 25 | Klaus-Peter Justus | GDR | 3:44.6 |
| 25 | Haico Scham | NED | 3:44.4 |
| 27 | Pekka Paivarinta | FIN | 3:45.1 |
| 28 | Raymond Smedley | GBR | 3:45.8 |
| 29 | Bodo Tummler | FRG | 3:50.0 |
| 30 | Gerd Larsen | DEN | 3:59.4 |
| Heats | |||
| 31 | Donaldo Arza | PAN | 3:41.7 |
| 32 | Edgar Salve | BEL | 3:42.1 |
| 33 | Ivan Ivanov | URS | 3:42.3 |
| 34 | Werner Meier | SUI | 3:43.2 |
| 35 | Francis Murphy | IRL | 3:43.4 |
| 36 | Mansour Guettaya | TUN | 3:43.9 |
| 37 | Mehmet Tuemkan | TUR | 3:44.0 |
| 38 | Mohammad Younas | PAK | 3:44.1 |
| 39 | Andre de Hertoghe | BEL | 3:44.6 |
| 39 | Anthony Colon | PUR | 3:44.6 |
| 41 | Petre Lupan | ROU | 3:44.8 |
| 42 | Fernando Mamede | POR | 3:45.1 |
| 43 | Vitus Ashaba | UGA | 3:45.2 |
| 43 | Mohamed Kacemi | ALG | 3:45.2 |
| 45 | John Kirkbride | GBR | 3:45.3 |
| 46 | Filbert Bayi | TAN | 3:45.4 |
| 47 | Jozef Horoic | TCH | 3:45.7 |
| 48 | Byron Dyce | JAM | 3:45.9 |
| 49 | Azzedine Azzouzi | ALG | 3:46.4 |
| 50 | Kenneth Elmer | CAN | 3:46.6 |
| 51 | M'Hamad Amakdouf | MAR | 3:48.4 |
| 52 | Edouard Rasoanaivo | MAD | 3:48.5 |
| 53 | Jaiye Abidoye | NGR | 3:48.8 |
| 54 | William Smart | CAN | 3:49.2 |
| 55 | James Ryun | USA | 3:51.5 |
| 56 | Cosmas Silei | KEN | 3:52.0 |
| 57 | Joze Medjimurec | YUG | 3:52.1 |
| 58 | Esaie Fongang | CMR | 3:54.5 |
| 59 | Daniel Andrade | SEN | 3:59.2 |
| 60 | Mohammed Aboker | SOM | 3:59.5 |
| 61 | Harry Nkopeka | MAW | 4:00.9 |
| 62 | Dafallah Sultan Farah | SUD | 4:02.9 |
| 63 | Jimmy Crampton | MYA | 4:06.9 |
| 64 | Billy Fordjour | GHA | 4:08.2 |
| 65 | Naser Alsafraa | KSA | 4:14.5 |
| 66 | Edward Kar | LBR | 4:21.4 |
| Did not start | |||
| Bram Wassenaar | NED | ||
| Kassem Hamze | LBN | ||
| Benson Mulomba | ZAM | ||
| Evgeni Arzhanov | URS | ||
| Robert Leborgne | FRA | ||