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Date: 9 February 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Galina Kulakova | URS | 17:00.50 |
| 2 | Marjatta Kajosmaa | FIN | 17:05.50 |
| 3 | Helena Šikolová | TCH | 17:07.32 |
| 4 | Alevtina Olyunina | URS | 17:07.40 |
| 5 | Hilkka Kuntola | FIN | 17:11.67 |
| 6 | Lyubov Mukhacheva | URS | 17:12.08 |
| 7 | Berit Mørdre-Lammedal | NOR | 17:16.79 |
| 8 | Aslaug Dahl | NOR | 17:17.49 |
| 9 | Helena Takalo | FIN | 17:21.39 |
| 10 | Nina Fyodorova | URS | 17:25.62 |
| 11 | Michaela Endler | FRG | 17:32.56 |
| 12 | Inger Aufles | NOR | 17:33.14 |
| 13 | Weronika Budny | POL | 17:38.74 |
| 14 | Renate Fischer | GDR | 17:41.07 |
| 15 | Eva Olsson | SWE | 17:46.66 |
| 16 | Alena Bartošová | TCH | 17:47.25 |
| 17 | Katharina Mo-Berge | NOR | 17:49.06 |
| 18 | Martha Rockwell | USA | 17:50.34 |
| 19 | Barbro Tano | SWE | 17:54.53 |
| 20 | Gabriele Haupt | GDR | 17:55.04 |
| 21 | Józefa Chromik | POL | 17:55.41 |
| 22 | Milena Cillerová | TCH | 17:56.22 |
| 23 | Władysława Majerczyk | POL | 17:56.55 |
| 24 | Monika Mrklas | FRG | 17:57.40 |
| 25 | Senja Pusula | FIN | 17:59.93 |
| 26 | Sharon Firth | CAN | 18:06.28 |
| 27 | Milena Chlumová | TCH | 18:12.22 |
| 28 | Anni Unger | GDR | 18:13.19 |
| 29 | Anna Duraj | POL | 18:13.43 |
| 30 | Christine Phillip | GDR | 18:17.02 |
| 31 | Barbara Britch | USA | 18:18.37 |
| 32 | Birgitta Lindqvist | SWE | 18:25.88 |
| 33 | Meeri Bodelid | SWE | 18:29.07 |
| 34 | Hiroko Takahashi | JPN | 18:32.75 |
| 35 | Shirley Firth | CAN | 18:36.07 |
| 36 | Alison Owen | USA | 18:54.76 |
| 37 | Tokiko Ozeki | JPN | 19:00.82 |
| 38 | Harumi Imai | JPN | 19:05.73 |
| 39 | Margie Mahoney | USA | 19:15.13 |
| 40 | Roseanne Allen | CAN | 19:22.70 |
| 41 | Hellen Sander | CAN | 19:30.01 |
| 42 | Frances Lütken | GBR | 19:40.17 |
| 43 | Akiko Akasaka | JPN | 19:49.74 |
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| Ingrid Rothfuß | FRG | ||