Held 4–5 March 1972 at Heerenveen Thialf.
Held on 4–5 March 1972 , with 30 skaters from 11 countries.
| Pos | Skater | Nat | Points | 500 m | 1500 m | 1000 m | 3000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | NED | 185.341 | 44,23 | 3 | 2.17,98 | 1 | 1.30,49 | 1 | 4.59,24 | 2 | |
| 2 | Stien Baas-Kaiser | NED | 185.543 | 44,81 | 8 | 2.18,09 | 2 | 1.31,20 | 2 | 4.54,62 | 1 | |
| 3 | Dianne Holum | USA | 186.252 | 43,59 | 1 | 2.18,51 | 3 | 1.31,73 | 3 | 5.03,76 | 5 | |
| 4 | Nina Statkevich | URS | 188.831 | 45,04 | 12 | 2.20,71 | 4 | 1.32,55 | 4 | 5.03,68 | 4 | |
| 5 | Trijnie Rep | NED | 190.672 | 44,73 | 7 | 2.21,75 | 6 | 1.33,71 | 8 | 5.11,02 | 8 | |
| 6 | Lyudmila Titova | URS | 191.728 | 44,85 | 9 | 2.21,87 | 7 | 1.33,69 | 7 | 5.16,46 | 10 | |
| 7 | Lyudmila Savrulina | URS | 191.805 | 45,35 | 13 | 2.22,19 | 9 | 1.35,34 | 14 | 5.08,33 | 6 | |
| 8 | Kapitolina Seregina | URS | 191.887 | 46,74 | 25 | 2.22,40 | 10 | 1.34,14 | 10 | 5.03,66 | 3 | |
| 9 | Elly van den Brom | NED | 192.078 | 44,35 | 4 | 2.24,64 | 14 | 1.32,96 | 5 | 5.18,21 | 11 | |
| 10 | Sachiko Saito-Yobekura | JPN | 192.593 | 44,93 | 10 | 2.22,14 | 8 | 1.34,06 | 9 | 5.19,52 | 12 | |
| 11 | Tuula Vilkas | FIN | 193.619 | 46,02 | 21 | 2.24,89 | 15 | 1.35,11 | 12 | 5.10,48 | 7 | |
| 12 | Sigrid Sundby | NOR | 193.668 | 44,64 | 6 | 2.24,46 | 13 | 1.35,19 | 13 | 5.19,68 | 13 | |
| 13 | Wil Schenk-Burgmeijer | NED | 194.225 | 45,48 | 16 | 2.21,61 | 5 | 1.34,30 | 11 | 5.26,35f | 15 | |
| 14 | Leah Poulos | USA | 194.243 | 43,79 | 2 | 2.26,01 | 20 | 1.33,44 | 6 | 5.30,38 | 16 | |
| 15 | Galina Baranova | URS | 194.923 | 47,16 | 28 | 2.22,96 | 11 | 1.36,21 | 15 | 5.12,03 | 9 | |
| 16 | Sylvia Burka | CAN | 194.980 | 45,01 | 11 | 2.24,30 | 12 | 1.36,29 | 16 | 5.22,35 | 14 | |
| NC17 | Connie Carpenter | USA | 143.273 | 45,68 | 17 | 2.25,42 | 17 | 1.38,24 | 17 | |||
| NC18 | Rosemarie Taupadel | GDR | 143.688 | 45,79 | 19 | 2.24,91 | 16 | 1.39,19 | 18 | |||
| NC19 | Kaname Ide | JPN | 143.765 | 45,39 | 14 | 2.25,89 | 19 | 1.39,49 | 20 | |||
| NC20 | Ylva Hedlund | SWE | 144.003 | 45,68 | 17 | 2.25,87 | 18 | 1.39,40 | 19 | |||
| NC21 | Sylvia Filipsson | SWE | 145.410 | 46,34 | 22 | 2.26,64 | 21 | 1.40,38 | 22 | |||
| NC22 | Tarja Rinne | FIN | 145.490 | 46,35 | 23 | 2.27,36 | 22 | 1.40,04 | 21 | |||
| NC23 | Ann-Sofie Järnström | SWE | 146.272 | 44,58 | 5 | 2.29,81 | 26 | 1.43,51 | 28 | |||
| NC24 | Romana Troicka | POL | 146.388 | 45,46 | 15 | 2.28,18 | 23 | 1.43,07 | 27 | |||
| NC25 | Marja Repola | FIN | 147.132 | 46,80 | 26 | 2.28,19 | 24 | 1.41,87 | 24 | |||
| NC26 | Erwina Ryś | POL | 147.232 | 45,87 | 20 | 2.33,26 | 29 | 1.40,55 | 23 | |||
| NC27 | Monika Zernicek | GDR | 147.495 | 47,07 | 27 | 2.28,35 | 25 | 1.41,95 | 26 | |||
| NC28 | Tove Berntsen | NOR | 147.775 | 46,56 | 24 | 2.30,81 | 28 | 1.41,89 | 25 | |||
| NC29 | Tien Cailian | CHN | 150.762 | 47,90 | 29 | 2.30,35 | 27 | 1.45,49 | 29 | |||
| NC30 | Jiang Youfeng | CHN | 153.342 | 48,13 | 30 | 2.34,64 | 30 | 1.47,33 | 30 |