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Date: 29 August 1972
Summary
Final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Mark Spitz | USA | 1:52.78 |
| 2 | Steve Genter | USA | 1:53.73 |
| 3 | Werner Lampe | FRG | 1:53.99 |
| 4 | Michael Wenden | AUS | 1:54.40 |
| 5 | Frederick Tyler | USA | 1:54.96 |
| 6 | Klaus Steinbach | FRG | 1:56.65 |
| 7 | Vladimir Bure | URS | 1:57.24 |
| 8 | Ralph Hutton | CAN | 1:57.56 |