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Date: 30 September 1972 / 30 September 1972
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Shane Gould | AUS | 4:19.04 |
| 2 | Novella Calligaris | ITA | 4:22.44 |
| 3 | Gudrun Wegner | GDR | 4:23.11 |
| 4 | Shirley Babashoff | USA | 4:23.59 |
| 5 | Jenny Wylie | USA | 4:24.07 |
| 6 | Keena Rothhammer | USA | 4:24.22 |
| 7 | Hansje Bunschoten | NED | 4:29.70 |
| 8 | Anke Rijnders | NED | 4:31.51 |
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| 9 | Karin Tulling | GDR | 4:32.56 |
| 10 | Uta Schutz | FRG | 4:34.67 |
| 11 | Karen Moras | AUS | 4:36.14 |
| 12 | Federica Stabilini | ITA | 4:36.32 |
| 13 | Mary Beth Rondeau | CAN | 4:36.71 |
| 14 | Narelle Moras | AUS | 4:37.57 |
| 15 | Susan Edmondson | GBR | 4:39.10 |
| 16 | Maria Teresa Ramirez | MEX | 4:39.14 |
| 17 | Anne Marie McCaffery | CAN | 4:39.92 |
| 18 | Olga de Angulo | COL | 4:40.09 |
| 19 | Jaynie Parkhouse | NZL | 4:40.24 |
| 20 | Ileana Morales | VEN | 4:44.73 |
| 21 | June Green | GBR | 4:45.81 |
| 22 | Roselina Angel | COL | 4:45.97 |
| 23 | Belinda Phillips | JAM | 4:47.54 |
| 24 | Helga Wagner | FRG | 4:47.61 |
| 25 | Diana Sutherland | GBR | 4:47.66 |
| 26 | Helene Avlonitou | GRE | 4:52.10 |
| 27 | Kirsten Knudsen | DEN | 4:53.76 |
| 28 | Hsu Yue-Yun | TPE | 4:58.57 |
| 29 | Patricia Lopez | ARG | 4:59.68 |
| Did not start | |||
| Mireille Bassoul | LBN | ||
| Elke Sehmisch | GDR | ||