Race Result
| GP n. 209 - 23/01/1972 - Grand Prix of Argentina Autodromo Oscar Alferedo Galvez |
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| Winner: | Jackie Stewart / Tyrrell-Ford - 1:57'58.82 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Carlos Reutemann / Brabham-Ford - 1:12.46 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Jackie Stewart / Tyrrell-Ford - 1:13.66 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 |  Jackie Stewart |
Tyrrell-Ford | 95 | 1:57'58.82 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 17 |  Denny Hulme |
McLaren-Ford | 95 | + 25.96 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ferrari | 95 | + 59.39 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari | 95 | + 1'06.72 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 19 |  Tim Schenken |
Surtees-Ford | 95 | + 1'09.11 | 11 | 2 |
| 6 | 14 |  Ronnie Peterson |
March-Ford | 94 | + 1 lap | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Brabham-Ford | 93 | + 2 laps | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | 23 |  Henri Pescarolo |
March-Ford | 93 | + 2 laps | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | Howden Ganley |
BRM | 93 | + 2 laps | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 |  Helmut Marko |
BRM | 93 | + 2 laps | 19 | 0 |
| 11 | 15 | Niki Lauda |
March-Ford | 93 | + 2 laps | 22 | 0 |
| Dsq | 12 | Dave Walker |
Lotus-Ford | 8 | disqualified | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 11 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Lotus-Ford | 61 | suspension | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Reine Wisell |
BRM | 59 | water leak | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 | Francois Cevert |
Tyrrell-Ford | 59 | gear box | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 18 |  Peter Revson |
McLaren-Ford | 49 | engine | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 | Mario Andretti |
Ferrari | 20 | engine | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 | Graham Hill |
Brabham-Ford | 11 | fuel pump | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 |  Andrea de Adamich |
Surtees-Ford | 11 | fuel system | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 | Peter Gethin |
BRM | 1 | oil leak | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 |  Alex Soler-Roig |
BRM | 1 | accident | 21 | 0 |
| Dns | 16 | Chris Amon |
Matra | did not start | 12 | 0 | |