The 1972 Individual Long Track World Championship was the second edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 9 July 1972 in Mühldorf, West Germany.
The world title was won by Ivan Mauger of New Zealand for a second successive year.
Final Classification Pos Rider Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Heat Pts Total Pts1 Ivan Mauger 6 6 6 6 6 302 Manfred Poschenreider 6 3 6 6 2 233 Jon Ødegaard 3 3 6 2 4 184 Hans Siegl 4 4 4 2 3 175 Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 6 6 3 1 1 176 Antonín Šváb Sr. 3 4 3 4 - 147 Hans Zierk 2 6 2 3 E138 Josef Angermüller 3 4 - 4 E119 Willihard Thomsson 4 3 3 1E 1110 Don Godden 4 1 4 - E911 Rudolf Kastl f 2 4 3 E912 Jan Kater 2 2 2 0 E613 Heinrich Sprenger 2 0 2 EE414 Gottfried Schwarze 0 2 1 EE315 Henning Hansen 1 1 1 EE316 Matti Olin 1 1 0 EE217 Nils Haraldsen 0 0 1 EE118 Runo Wedin 1 0 0 EE1
Key E = Eliminated (no further ride)
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