Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

Men's eight at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
Venue	Oberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date	27 August – 2 September
Competitors	135; (15 teams) from 15 nations
Winning time	6:08.94
Medalists
01 ! Tony Hurt Wybo Veldman Dick Joyce John Hunter Lindsay Wilson Athol Earl Trevor Coker Gary Robertson Simon Dickie  New Zealand 02 ! Lawrence Terry Franklin Hobbs Pete Raymond Tim Mickelson Gene Clapp Bill Hobbs Cleve Livingston Mike Livingston Paul Hoffman  United States 03 ! Hans-Joachim Borzym Jörg Landvoigt Harold Dimke Manfred Schneider Hartmut Schreiber Manfred Schmorde Bernd Landvoigt Heinrich Mederow Dietmar Schwarz  East Germany
←1968 1976→

01 !		Tony Hurt Wybo Veldman Dick Joyce John Hunter Lindsay Wilson Athol Earl Trevor Coker Gary Robertson Simon Dickie	New Zealand
02 !		Lawrence Terry Franklin Hobbs Pete Raymond Tim Mickelson Gene Clapp Bill Hobbs Cleve Livingston Mike Livingston Paul Hoffman	United States
03 !		Hans-Joachim Borzym Jörg Landvoigt Harold Dimke Manfred Schneider Hartmut Schreiber Manfred Schmorde Bernd Landvoigt Heinrich Mederow Dietmar Schwarz	East Germany

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

Top three of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage. NOTE: the coxswain for each team is listed in the ninth position.

The top three finishers qualified to the semifinal round, and the other teams were eliminated.

Top three finishers qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.