Competitors for 1972 World Allround Speed Skating Championships - Women
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stien Baas-Kaiser |  NED |
SSK | 20 May 1938 |
| Galina Baranova |  URS |
SSK | 17 April 1949 |
| Tove Berntsen |  NOR |
SSK | 29 November 1951 |
| Ellie van den Brom | NED |
SSK | 18 June 1949 |
| Wil Burgmeijer | NED |
SSK | 23 April 1947 |
| Sylvia Burka |  CAN |
SSK | 4 May 1954 |
| Connie Carpenter-Phinney |  USA |
CYC/SSK | 26 February 1957 |
| Sylvia Filipsson |  SWE |
SSK | 22 May 1953 |
| Ylva Hedlund | SWE |
SSK | 22 November 1949 |
| Dianne Holum | USA |
SSK | 19 May 1951 |
| Kaname Ide |  JPN |
SSK | 4 July 1947 |
| Ann-Sofie Järnström | SWE |
SSK | 16 July 1949 |
| Jiang Youfeng |  CHN |
SSK | April 1949 |
| Atje Keulen-Deelstra | NED |
SSK | 31 December 1938 |
| Leah Poulos-Mueller | USA |
SSK | 5 October 1951 |
| Trijnie Rep | NED |
SSK | 4 December 1950 |
| Anneli Repola |  FIN |
SSK | 5 March 1954 |
| Tarja Rinne-Wahlmann | FIN |
SSK | 23 May 1945 |
| Erwina Ryś-Ferens |  POL |
SSK | 19 January 1955 |
| Sachiko Saito | JPN |
SSK | 15 January 1947 |
| Lyudmila Savrulina | URS |
SSK | 25 July 1951 |
| Kapitolina Seryogina | URS |
SSK | 17 January 1942 |
| Nina Statkevich | URS |
SSK | 16 February 1944 |
| Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | NOR |
SSK | 13 July 1942 |
| Rosemarie Taupadel |  GDR |
SSK | 25 February 1952 |
| Tien Cailian | CHN |
SSK | 1950 |
| Lyudmila Titova | URS |
SSK | 26 March 1946 |
| Romana Troicka | POL |
SSK | 7 August 1949 |
| Tuula Vilkas | FIN |
SSK | 18 May 1950 |
| Monika Zernicek | GDR |
SSK | 18 October 1954 |