| Date | 1 September 1972 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Fechthalle 2, Messegelände (Halle 20), München (Piste 12) | |
| Format | Most bouts won, ties broken by touches delivered. | |
| Jury President | Mario Curletto | ITA |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Bouts Won | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Japan | JPN | 9 | |
| Shiro Maruyama • Masaya Fukuda • Kiyoshi Uehara • Ichiro Serizawa | ||||
| – | Soviet Union | URS | 7 | |
| Viktor Putyatin • Anatoly Koteshev • Vladimir Denisov • Leonid Romanov | ||||
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Bouts | Touches | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | Shiro Maruyama | 2-2 | 14-17 | ||||
| 272 | Masaya Fukuda | 2-2 | 16-15 | ||||
| 276 | Kiyoshi Uehara | 2-2 | 13-15 | ||||
| 275 | Ichiro Serizawa | 3-1 | 15-12 | ||||
| Team Totals | 9-7 | 58-59 | |||||
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Bouts | Touches | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 378 | Viktor Putyatin | 1-3 | 15-18 | ||||
| 373 | Anatoly Koteshev | 3-1 | 17-8 | ||||
| 371 | Vladimir Denisov | 2-2 | 13-13 | ||||
| 380 | Leonid Romanov | 1-3 | 14-19 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7-9 | 59-58 | |||||