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Date: 10 February 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Anne Henning | USA | 43.33 |
| 2 | Vera Krasnova | URS | 44.45 |
| 3 | Lyudmila Titova | URS | 44.45 |
| 4 | Sheila Young | USA | 44.53 |
| 5 | Monika Pflug | FRG | 44.75 |
| 6 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | NED | 44.89 |
| 7 | Kay Lunda | USA | 44.95 |
| 8 | Alla Butova | URS | 45.17 |
| 9 | Jitsuko Saito | JPN | 45.35 |
| 10 | Ellie van den Brom | NED | 45.62 |
| 11 | Sigrid Sundby | NOR | 45.70 |
| 12 | Paula Dufter | FRG | 45.77 |
| 13 | Ruth Budzisch | GDR | 45.78 |
| 14 | Cathy Priestner | CAN | 45.79 |
| 15 | Ann-Sofie Järnström | SWE | 45.83 |
| 16 | Arja Kantola | FIN | 46.12 |
| 17 | Kirsti Biermann | NOR | 46.18 |
| 18 | Ylva Hedlund | SWE | 46.24 |
| 19 | Lisbeth Berg | NOR | 46.33 |
| 20 | Trijnie Rep | NED | 46.60 |
| 21 | Yoshiko Onozawa | JPN | 46.70 |
| 22 | Choi Jung-Hui | KOR | 46.74 |
| 23 | Sylvia Filipsson | SWE | 46.78 |
| 24 | Tuula Vilkas | FIN | 46.85 |
| 25 | Donna McCannell | CAN | 47.30 |
| 26 | Lee Gyeong-Hui | KOR | 47.45 |
| 27 | Monika Stützle | FRG | 48.15 |
| 28 | Tak In-Suk | PRK | 55.80 |