| Date | 4 February 1972 — 10:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Miyanomori Jump Hill, Sapporo | |
| Format | Three jumps, scored on distance and form, best two scores to count. | |
| Judge #1 | Mikhail Khimichev |  URS |
| Judge #2 | Wilhelm Nilssen |  NOR |
| Judge #3 | Esko Kähkönen |  FIN |
| Judge #4 | B. Kramaršič |  YUG |
| Judge #5 | Miloslav Bělonožník |  TCH |
| Details | K-Point: 86 m | |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Jump #1 | Jump #2 | Jump #3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Hideki Nakano |  JPN | 220.5 | 109.5 (1) | 111.0 (1) | 108.8 (1) | |||
| 2 | 31 | Rauno Miettinen | FIN | 210.0 | 94.4 (5) | 103.9 (2) | 106.1 (2) | |||
| 3 | 37 | Aleksandr Nosov | URS | 201.3 | 80.8 (19) | 100.4 (3) | 100.9 (4) | |||
| 4 | 9 | Ulrich Wehling |  GDR | 200.9 | 101.6 (3) | 99.3 (6) | 96.2 (6) | |||
| 5 | 6 | Kazuo Araya | JPN | 199.7 | 88.5 (11) | 100.3 (4) | 99.4 (5) | |||
| 6 | 38 | Yuji Katsuro | JPN | 195.1 | 90.4 (10) | 92.1 (11) | 103.0 (3) | |||
| 7 | 39 | Tomáš Kučera | TCH | 191.8 | 95.1 (4) | 96.7 (7) | 86.6 (14) | |||
| 8 | 27 | Nobutaka Sasaki | JPN | 190.3 | 90.8 (9) | 99.5 (5) | 84.5 (17) | |||
| 9 | 24 | Erkki Kilpinen | FIN | 185.0 | 78.8 (22) | 91.5 (13) | 93.5 (7) | |||
| 10 | 35 | Kazimierz Długopolski |  POL | 184.9 | 93.1 (6) | 89.7 (20) | 91.8 (9) | |||
| 11 | 3 | Hans Hartleb | GDR | 183.9 | 91.2 (8) | 92.7 (10) | 71.8 (32) | |||
| 12 | 33 | Günter Deckert | GDR | 183.4 | 104.9 (2) | 77.0 (30) | 78.5 (25) | |||
| 13 | 2 | Kjell Åsvestad | NOR | 183.1 | 87.9 (12) | 90.5 (17) | 92.6 (8) | |||
| 14 | 1 | Mikhail Artyukhov | URS | 183.0 | 91.4 (7) | 88.2 (21) | 91.6 (10) | |||
| 15 | 14 | Henning Weid | NOR | 181.3 | 85.6 (13) | 90.0 (18) | 91.3 (11) | |||
| 16 | 25 | Kåre Olav Berg | NOR | 180.4 | 74.0 (28) | 90.9 (15) | 89.5 (13) | |||
| 17 | 23 | Karl-Heinz Luck | GDR | 178.8 | 85.0 (14) | 93.8 (8) | 65.4 (34) | |||
| 18 | 19 | Stefan Hula | POL | 178.2 | 77.2 (24) | 92.9 (9) | 85.3 (16) | |||
| 19 | 5 | Jaroslav Svoboda | TCH | 175.9 | 84.9 (15) | 89.8 (19) | 86.1 (15) | |||
| 20 | 8 | Alfred Winkler |  FRG | 175.6 | 84.2 (16) | 91.4 (14) | 82.5 (21) | |||
| 21 | 34 | Ezio Damolin |  ITA | 175.2 | 80.1 (=20) | 84.9 (22) | 90.3 (12) | |||
| 22 | 21 | Ralph Pöhland | FRG | 174.8 | 81.4 (18) | 90.7 (16) | 84.1 (19) | |||
| 23 | 32 | Gjert Andersen | NOR | 173.3 | 81.5 (17) | 91.8 (12) | 72.7 (31) | |||
| 24 | 28 | Ladislav Rygl | TCH | 160.4 | 76.1 (27) | 59.6 (=39) | 84.3 (18) | |||
| 25 | 11 | Jukka Kuvaja | FIN | 160.2 | 76.4 (25) | 75.9 (31) | 83.8 (20) | |||
| 26 | 26 | Anatoly Zaytsev | URS | 158.3 | 69.6 (31) | 78.3 (=27) | 80.0 (23) | |||
| 27 | 40 | Mike Devecka |  USA | 157.1 | 63.3 (33) | 77.6 (29) | 79.5 (24) | |||
| 28 | 18 | Janez Gorjanc | YUG | 155.8 | 66.7 (32) | 78.3 (=27) | 77.5 (27) | |||
| 29 | 13 | Jacques Gaillard |  FRA | 155.4 | 76.3 (26) | 79.1 (26) | 73.4 (30) | |||
| 30 | 17 | Libor Foltman | TCH | 155.0 | 80.1 (=20) | 74.9 (32) | 42.0 (39) | |||
| 31 | 36 | Franz Keller | FRG | 154.0 | 72.4 (29) | 73.7 (34) | 80.3 (22) | |||
| 32 | 7 | Urban Hettich | FRG | 152.1 | 78.3 (23) | 73.8 (33) | 73.5 (29) | |||
| 33 | 30 | Ulli Öhlböck |  AUT | 150.9 | 62.2 (35) | 72.7 (35) | 78.2 (26) | |||
| 34 | 12 | Józef Gąsienica | POL | 146.8 | 62.9 (34) | 82.4 (23) | 64.4 (35) | |||
| 35 | 15 | Vyacheslav Dryagin | URS | 146.2 | 40.8 (40) | 72.5 (36) | 73.7 (28) | |||
| 36 | 22 | Fabio Morandini | ITA | 141.5 | 61.9 (36) | 79.6 (25) | 39.2 (40) | |||
| 37 | 20 | Jim Miller | USA | 139.7 | 50.8 (39) | 80.8 (24) | 58.9 (37) | |||
| 38 | 4 | Bob Kendall | USA | 139.0 | 58.0 (37) | 67.9 (37) | 71.1 (33) | |||
| 39 | 29 | Sven-Olof Israelsson |  SWE | 130.3 | 70.7 (30) | 59.6 (=39) | 55.6 (38) | |||
| 40 | 16 | Teyck Weed | USA | 129.8 | 55.6 (38) | 66.5 (38) | 63.3 (36) |
