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Date: 4 September 1972 / 7 September 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Nadezhda Chizhova | URS | 21.03m [69' 0"] |
| 2 | Margitta Gummel | GDR | 20.22m [66' 4"] |
| 3 | Ivanka Hristova | BUL | 19.35m [63' 5 ¾"] |
| 4 | Esfira Dolzhenko | URS | 19.24m [63' 1 ½"] |
| 5 | Marianne Adam | GDR | 18.94m [62' 1 ¾"] |
| 6 | Marita Lange | GDR | 18.85m [61' 10 ¼"] |
| 7 | Helena Fibingerova | TCH | 18.81m [61' 8 ½"] |
| 8 | Elena Stoyanova | BUL | 18.34m [60' 2"] |
| 9 | Antonina Ivanova | URS | 18.28m [59' 11 ¾"] |
| 10 | Ludwika Chewihska | POL | 18.24m [59' 10"] |
| 11 | Judit Lendavayne Bogner | HUN | 18.23m [59' 9 ¾"] |
| 12 | Radostina Vassekova | BUL | 17.86m [58' 7 ¼"] |
| 13 | Valentine Cioltan | ROU | 16.62m [54' 6 ¼"] |
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| 14 | Maren Seidler | USA | 16.18m [53' 1"] |
| 15 | Paik Ok-Ja | KOR | 15.78m [51' 9 ¼"] |
| 16 | Jan Svendsen | USA | 14.96m [49' 1"] |
| 17 | Rosa Molina | CHI | 14.61m [47' 11 ¼"] |
| 18 | Nnenna Njoku | NGR | 10.63m [34' 10 ½"] |