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Date: 6 February 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Galina Kulakova | URS | 34:17.82 |
| 2 | Alevtina Olyunina | URS | 34:54.11 |
| 3 | Marjatta Kajosmaa | FIN | 34:56.45 |
| 4 | Lyubov Mukhacheva | URS | 34:58.56 |
| 5 | Helena Takalo | FIN | 35:06.34 |
| 6 | Aslaug Dahl | NOR | 35:18.84 |
| 7 | Helena Šikolová | TCH | 35:29.33 |
| 8 | Hilkka Kuntola | FIN | 35:36.71 |
| 9 | Renate Fischer | GDR | 35:46.96 |
| 10 | Nina Shebalina | URS | 35:54.59 |
| 11 | Weronika Budny | POL | 35:57.59 |
| 12 | Inger Aufles | NOR | 36:07.08 |
| 13 | Barbro Tano | SWE | 36:29.34 |
| 14 | Berit Mørdre-Lammedal | NOR | 36:29.43 |
| 15 | Anna Duraj | POL | 36:32.65 |
| 16 | Martha Rockwell | USA | 36:34.22 |
| 17 | Michaela Endler | FRG | 36:38.05 |
| 18 | Gabriele Haupt | GDR | 36:38.41 |
| 19 | Meeri Bodelid | SWE | 36:41.52 |
| 20 | Anni Unger | GDR | 36:45.24 |
| 21 | Józefa Chromik | POL | 36:45.39 |
| 22 | Marjatta Muttilainen | FIN | 36:46.40 |
| 23 | Eva Olsson | SWE | 36:49.50 |
| 24 | Sharon Firth | CAN | 36:52.49 |
| 25 | Hiroko Takahashi | JPN | 36:53.84 |
| 26 | Milena Chlumová | TCH | 36:59.87 |
| 27 | Alena Bartošová | TCH | 37:01.73 |
| 28 | Birgitta Lindqvist | SWE | 37:24.76 |
| 29 | Katharina Mo-Berge | NOR | 37:33.16 |
| 30 | Milena Cillerová | TCH | 37:40.70 |
| 31 | Christine Phillip | GDR | 37:51.76 |
| 32 | Ingrid Rothfuß | FRG | 38:03.69 |
| 33 | Tokiko Ozeki | JPN | 38:07.24 |
| 34 | Władysława Majerczyk | POL | 38:19.66 |
| 35 | Alison Owen | USA | 38:50.05 |
| 36 | Margie Mahoney | USA | 39:27.95 |
| 37 | Harumi Imai | JPN | 39:33.13 |
| 38 | Hideko Saito | JPN | 39:51.61 |
| 39 | Frances Lütken | GBR | 40:02.73 |
| 40 | Hellen Sander | CAN | 40:25.11 |
| 41 | Trina Hosmer | USA | 40:40.56 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Monika Mrklas | FRG | ||