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Date: 31 August 1972
Summary
Final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Mark Spitz | USA | 54.27 |
| 2 | Bruce Robertson | CAN | 55.56 |
| 3 | Jerry Heidenreich | USA | 55.74 |
| 4 | Roland Matthes | GDR | 55.87 |
| 5 | David Edgar | USA | 56.11 |
| 6 | Byron MacDonald | CAN | 57.27 |
| 7 | Hartmut Flockner | GDR | 57.40 |
| 8 | Neil Rogers | AUS | 57.90 |