| Event: | Men's coxless four |
| Games: | 1972 Summer |
| Venue: | Oberschleißheim Regatta Course |
| Date: | 27 August – 2 September |
| Competitors: | 80; (20 teams) |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Gold: | Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert |
| Goldnoc: | GDR |
| Silver: | Dick Tonks Dudley Storey Ross Collinge Noel Mills |
| Silvernoc: | NZL |
| Bronze: | Joachim Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Franz Held Wolfgang Plottke |
| Bronzenoc: | FRG |
| Win Value: | 6:24.27 |
| Prev: | 1968 |
| Next: | 1976 |
The men's coxless four competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August to 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.[1]
Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.
Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joachim Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Franz Held Wolfgang Plottke | 6:58.10 | ||
| 2 | Willy Poulsen Peter Fich Christiansen Egon Pedersen Rolf Andersen | 7:04.37 | ||
| 3 | Csaba Czakó András Kormos József Csermely Antal Melis | 7:16.06 | ||
| 4 | Kim Ki-Tae Ham Il-Nyon Kim Un-Son Hong Song-Su | 7:18.30 |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Smallbone Lenny Robertson Jim Clark Bill Mason | 7:06.79 | ||
| 2 | Eralio Cabrera Troadio Delgado Ramón Luperón Angel Serra | 7:11.23 | ||
| 3 | Oscar de Andrés José Manuel Bugia Luciano Wilk Tomás Forray | 7:12.74 | ||
| 4 | Marko Mandič Jože Berc Jure Potočnik Miloš Janša | 7:18.18 |
First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.