Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

Men's coxless four at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
Venue	Oberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date	27 August – 2 September
Competitors	80; (20 teams) from 20 nations
Winning time	6:24.27
Medalists
01 ! Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert  East Germany 02 ! Dick Tonks Dudley Storey Ross Collinge Noel Mills  New Zealand 03 ! Joachim Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Franz Held Wolfgang Plottke  West Germany
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01 !		Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert	East Germany
02 !		Dick Tonks Dudley Storey Ross Collinge Noel Mills	New Zealand
03 !		Joachim Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Franz Held Wolfgang Plottke	West Germany

The men's coxless four competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from August 27 – September 2 at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.

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.

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.