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Date: 31 August 1972 / 31 August 1972
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Gail Neal | AUS | 5:02.97 |
| 2 | Leslie Cliff | CAN | 5:03.57 |
| 3 | Novella Calligaris | ITA | 5:03.99 |
| 4 | Jenny Bartz | USA | 5:05.56 |
| 5 | Evelyn Stolze | GDR | 5:06.80 |
| 6 | Mary Montgomery | USA | 5:09.98 |
| 7 | Lynn Vidali | USA | 5:13.06 |
| 8 | Nina Petrova | URS | 5:15.68 |
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| 9 | Susan Hunter | NZL | 5:14.47 |
| 10 | Angela Franke | GDR | 5:14.81 |
| 11 | Hennie Penterman | NED | 5:14.99 |
| 12 | Anita Zarnowiecki | SWE | 5:15.05 |
| 13 | Marlies Pohl | GDR | 5:15.38 |
| 14 | Jaroslava Slavickova | TCH | 5:18.53 |
| 15 | Susan Richardson | GBR | 5:19.53 |
| 16 | Biruta Ushkuraitite | URS | 5:20.05 |
| 17 | Jennifer McHugh | CAN | 5:20.25 |
| 18 | Yukari Takemoto | JPN | 5:20.89 |
| 19 | Debbie Bengtson | CAN | 5:21.62 |
| 20 | Helga Niemann | FRG | 5:21.97 |
| 21 | Gerda Lassooy | NED | 5:22.09 |
| 22 | Eva Sigg | FIN | 5:22.92 |
| 23 | Wijda Mazereeuw | NED | 5:24.00 |
| 24 | Karen Moras | AUS | 5:24.13 |
| 25 | Shelagh Ratcliffe | GBR | 5:24.27 |
| 26 | Maria Isabel Guerra | BRA | 5:24.43 |
| 27 | Laura Vaca | MEX | 5:24.63 |
| 28 | Trine Krogh | NOR | 5:25.08 |
| 29 | Susanne Niesner | SUI | 5:25.23 |
| 30 | Kirsten Campbell | DEN | 5:25.97 |
| 31 | Diane Walker | GBR | 5:28.82 |
| 32 | Gisela Cerezo | VEN | 5:29.56 |
| 33 | Rosaria Ballesteros | MEX | 5:31.06 |
| 34 | Helmi Boxberger | FRG | 5:32.31 |
| 35 | Helene Avlonitou | GRE | 5:32.49 |
| 36 | Beatrice Mottoulle | BEL | 5:35.38 |
| 37 | Roselina Angel | COL | 5:35.44 |
| 38 | Silvia Borgini | ARG | 5:44.22 |
| Did not start | |||
| Hsu Yue-Yun | TPE | ||
| Mireille Bassoul | LBN | ||