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Date: 4 September 1972 / 7 September 1972 / 9 September 1972
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Ludmila Bragina | URS | 4:01.4 |
| 2 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 4:02.8 |
| 3 | Paola Cacchi | ITA | 4:02.9 |
| 4 | Karin Burneleit | GDR | 4:04.1 |
| 5 | Sheila Carey | GBR | 4:04.8 |
| 6 | Ilja Keizer | NED | 4:05.1 |
| 7 | Tamara Pangelova | URS | 4:06.5 |
| 8 | Jennifer Orr | AUS | 4:12.2 |
| 9 | Berny Boxem | NED | 4:13.1 |
| 10 | Ellen Tittel | FRG | |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 11 | Vassilena Amzina | BUL | 4:09.1 |
| 12 | Joyce Smith | GBR | 4:09.4 |
| 13 | Glenda Reiser | CAN | 4:09.5 |
| 14 | Wenche Sorum | NOR | 4:09.7 |
| 15 | Francie Kraker | USA | 4:12.8 |
| 16 | Inger Knutsson | SWE | 4:15.0 |
| 17 | Francie Larrieu | USA | 4:15.3 |
| 18 | Jaroslava Jehlickova | TCH | 4:18.2 |
| Heats | |||
| 19 | Christa Merten | FRG | 4:12.6 |
| 20 | Joan Allison | GBR | 4:14.9 |
| 21 | Tonka Petrova | BUL | 4:15.0 |
| 22 | Thelma Wright | CAN | 4:15.4 |
| 23 | Grete Andersen | NOR | 4:16.0 |
| 24 | Sara Ligetkutine | HUN | 4:16.1 |
| 25 | Mary Tracey | IRL | 4:16.4 |
| 26 | Anne Marie Nenzell | SWE | 4:16.7 |
| 27 | Gerda Ranz | FRG | 4:18.6 |
| 28 | Margrit Hess | SUI | 4:19.7 |
| 29 | Tamara Kazachkova | URS | 4:20.2 |
| 30 | Cherono Maiyo | KEN | 4:20.9 |
| 31 | Sinikaa Tyynela | FIN | 4:21.4 |
| 32 | Vera Nikolic | YUG | 4:23.4 |
| 33 | Maryke Moser | SUI | 4:24.9 |
| 34 | Lee Chiu-Hsia | TPE | 4:37.2 |
| 35 | Emesia Chizunga | MAW | 4:41.5 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Magdolna Rozsane Kulcsar | HUN | ||
| Did not start | |||
| Doris Brown | USA | ||
| Arda Kalpakian | LBN | ||