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Date: 28 August 1972
Summary
Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Shirley Babashoff | USA | 59.05 |
| 2 | Magdolna Patoh | HUN | 59.64 |
| 3 | Heidi Reineck | FRG | 59.66 |
| 4 | Andrea Eife | GDR | 59.71 |
| 5 | Jennifer Kemp | USA | 59.93 |
| 6 | Anke Rijnders | NED | 1:00.84 |
| 7 | Wendy Cook | CAN | 1:01.26 |
| 8 | Claude Mandonnaud | FRA | 1:01.88 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Shane Gould | AUS | 59.20 |
| 2 | Sandra Neilson | USA | 59.41 |
| 3 | Gabriele Wetzko | GDR | 59.46 |
| 4 | Enith Brigitha | NED | 59.75 |
| 5 | Jutta Weber | FRG | 59.90 |
| 6 | Sylvia Eichner | GDR | 1:00.73 |
| 7 | Hansje Bunschoten | NED | 1:00.79 |
| 8 | Tatiana Zolotnizkaia | URS | 1:01.12 |