Släggkastning för herrar vid olympiska sommarspelen 1972 i München avgjordes 4 och 7 september.
Medaljörer SläggkastningAnatolij Bondartjuk 75,50 m(OR)Jochen Sachse 74,96 mVasili Chmelevski 74,04 m
Resultat Kval Placering Namn Nationalitet Grupp Mark Kast 1 Kast 2 Kast 3 1 Anatolij Bondartjuk B 72.88 72.88 || p|| p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 2 ||align=left|Gyula Zsivótzky || align=left| || B || 71.20 || 71.20 p p 3 Reinhard Theimer A 70.66 70.66 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 4 ||align=left|Vasili Chmelevski || align=left| || A || 70.00 || 70.00 p p 5 Jochen Sachse B 69.94 69.94 || p ||p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 6 ||align=left|Strećko Štiglić || align=left| || A || 69.60|| 65.52|| 69.60 p 7 Tom Gage B 69.40 65.32 65.14 69.40 |-bgcolor=lightblue | 8 ||align=left|Mario Vecchiato || align=left| || A || 68.12 || 68.12 p p 9 Jacques Accambray B 68.00 68.00 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 10 ||align=left|Karl-Hans Riehm || align=left| || A|| 67.64 || 64.44 || 67.64 p 11 István Encsi A 67.38 67.38 || p ||p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 12 ||align=left|Shigenobu Murofushi || align=left| || B || 67.26 || 65.94 || 67.26 p 13 Stavros Moutaftsidis A 67.22 67.22 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 14 ||align=left|Edwin Klein || align=left| || A|| 67.14 || 67.14 p p 15 Uwe Beyer B 67.04 67.04 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 16 ||align=left|Peter Sternad || align=left| || B || 66.74 || x || 66.74 p 17 Iosyp Hamskiy B 66.72 x x 66.72 |-bgcolor=lightblue | 18 ||align=left|Takeo Sugawara || align=left| || A ||66.50 || 65.94 || 64.56 || 66.50 19 Sándor Eckschmiedt B 66.44 66.44 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 20 ||align=left|Barry Williams || align=left| || A || 66.32 || x || 66.32 p 21 Todor Manolov B 65.62 x x 65.62 |- | 22 ||align=left|Al Schoterman || align=left| || A ||65.18 || 65.18 || 63.74 || 64.06 23 Stanisław Lubiejewski A 64.80 60.34 64.80 || x |- | 24 ||align=left|Howard Payne || align=left| || B || 64.56 || 63.58 || 64.56 64.10 25 Yoshihisa Ishida B 63.82 63.00 63.82 || x |- | 26 ||align=left|Georgios Georgiadis || align=left| || B || 63.58 || 63.58 x x 27 George Fenn A 62.14 57.28 62.14 || 58.86 |- | 28 ||align=left|William Silen || align=left| || B || 62.02 || x || x || 62.02 29 Vladimir Prikhodko A 61.78 60.80 61.78 || 59.58 |- | 30 ||align=left|José Alberto Vallejo || align=left| || B || 60.08|| x || 60.08 x 31 Darwin Piñeyrúa A 59.84 59.84 || x || 58.50 |- | - ||align=left|Jorge Nuñez || align=left| || B || DNS
Final
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Placering !! Namn !! Nationalitet !! Mark !! Kast 1 !! Kast 2 !! Kast 3 !! Kast 4 !! Kast 5 !! Kast 6 !! Noteringar |- |||align=left| Anatolij Bondartjuk || align=left| || 75.50 || 75.50 72.62 71.76 73.78 73.50 72.90 OR |- |||align=left|Jochen Sachse || align=left| || 74.96 || 71.54 || x || 73.70 || 71.26 || x || 74.96 Vasili Chmelevski 74.04 68.82 71.62 74.04 || 68.16 || x || x |- |4||align=left|Uwe Beyer || align=left| || 71.52 || 70.32 || 71.52 x 68.98 69.90 x 5Gyula Zsivótzky 71.38 71.38 || 70.44 || 70.48 || x || 70.66 || 70.20 |- |6||align=left|Sándor Eckschmiedt || align=left| || 71.20 || 71.20 x 67.26 69.24 67.90 68.86 7Edwin Klein 71.14 71.14 || x || x || 69.70 || 70.26 || x |- |8||align=left|Shigenobu Murofushi || align=left| || 70.88 || 69.36 || 70.88 70.32 65.70 69.08 68.54 9Mario Vecchiato 70.58 x 69.46 70.58 |- |10||align=left|Karl-Hans Riehm || align=left| || 70.12 || 70.12 68.98 69.4411István Encsi 70.06 66.32 69.82 70.06 |- |12||align=left|Tom Gage || align=left| || 69.50 || 66.94 || 69.50 x 13Reinhard Theimer 69.16 x 69.16 || x |- |14||align=left|Strećko Štiglić || align=left| || 68.34 || 67.60 || 68.34 67.60 15Stavros Moutaftsidis 68.30 68.14 68.30 || 67.04 |- |16||align=left|Barry Williams || align=left| || 68.18 || 68.18 66.56 x17Peter Sternad 66.64 65.60 65.94 66.64 |- |18||align=left|Iosyp Hamskiy || align=left| || 66.26 || 66.26 x 65.34 19Jacques Accambray 65.06 x 65.06 || x |- |20||align=left|Takeo Sugawara || align=left| || 64.70 || 55.82 || 64.56 || 64.70 Key: OR = Olympiskt rekord; p = giltigt; x = ogiltigt; NM = ingen notering; DNS = startade inte
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