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Date: 2 September 1972 / 3 September 1972
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Keena Rothhammer | USA | 8:53.68 |
| 2 | Shane Gould | AUS | 8:56.39 |
| 3 | Novella Calligaris | ITA | 8:57.46 |
| 4 | Ann Simmons | USA | 8:57.62 |
| 5 | Gudrun Wegner | GDR | 8:58.89 |
| 6 | Jo Harshbarger | USA | 9:01.21 |
| 7 | Hansje Bunschoten | NED | 9:16.69 |
| 8 | Narelle Moras | AUS | 9:19.06 |
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| 9 | Andrea Eife | GDR | 9:22.88 |
| 10 | Uta Schutz | FRG | 9:22.93 |
| 11 | Barbara Schwarzfeldt | FRG | 9:24.89 |
| 12 | Maria Teresa Ramirez | MEX | 9:25.09 |
| 13 | Karen Moras | AUS | 9:25.11 |
| 14 | Karin Tulling | GDR | 9:25.73 |
| 15 | Federica Stabilini | ITA | 9:27.84 |
| 16 | Jaynie Parkhouse | NZL | 9:34.65 |
| 17 | Karen LeGresley | CAN | 9:37.13 |
| 18 | Roselina Angel | COL | 9:38.08 |
| 19 | Brenda Holmes | CAN | 9:39.44 |
| 20 | June Green | GBR | 9:39.91 |
| 21 | Olga de Angulo | COL | 9:43.27 |
| 22 | Mary Beth Rondeau | CAN | 9:43.31 |
| 23 | Helga Wagner | FRG | 9:44.17 |
| 24 | Susan Jones | GBR | 9:47.35 |
| 25 | Antonella Valentini | ITA | 9:49.07 |
| 26 | Laura Vaca | MEX | 9:50.10 |
| 27 | Francoise Monod | SUI | 9:50.73 |
| 28 | Belinda Phillips | JAM | 9:53.99 |
| 29 | Kirsten Knudsen | DEN | 10:02.56 |
| 30 | Olga Petruseva | URS | 10:04.96 |
| 31 | Patricia Lopez | ARG | 10:06.39 |
| 32 | Hsu Yue-Yun | TPE | 10:08.49 |
| 33 | Silvia Borgini | ARG | 10:09.19 |
| 34 | Helene Avlonitou | GRE | 10:10.88 |
| 35 | Avis Willington | GBR | 10:10.91 |
| 36 | Aisling O'Leary | IRL | 10:18.05 |