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Date: 2 September 1972
Summary
Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Jerry Heidenreich | USA | 52.31 |
| 2 | Igor Grivennikov | URS | 52.55 |
| 3 | Vladimir Bure | URS | 52.60 |
| 4 | Michel Rousseau | FRA | 52.82 |
| 5 | Jose Diniz | BRA | 53.47 |
| 6 | Brian Phillips | CAN | 53.73 |
| 7 | Peter Bruch | GDR | 53.97 |
| 8 | Kersten Meier | FRG | 54.35 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Michael Wenden | AUS | 52.32 |
| 2 | Mark Spitz | USA | 52.43 |
| 3 | Klaus Steinbach | FRG | 52.87 |
| 4 | John Murphy | USA | 53.17 |
| 5 | Robert Kasting | CAN | 53.62 |
| 6 | Georgy Kulikov | URS | 53.68 |
| 7 | Jorge Comas | ESP | 53.92 |
| 8 | Gregory Rogers | AUS | 54.26 |