| Women's singles at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Sapporo Teine | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 4–7 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:59.18 | ||||||||||||
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| Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Singles | men | women |
| Doubles | men | |
The Women's singles luge competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo was held from 4 to 7 February, at Sapporo Teine. [1] [2]
| Rank [1] | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
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 | Anna-Maria Müller |  East Germany | 45.00 | 45.00 | 44.86 | 44.32 | 2:59.18 |
 | Ute Rührold | East Germany | 44.95 | 45.23 | 44.76 | 44.55 | 2:59.49 |
 | Margit Schumann | East Germany | 44.95 | 45.38 | 44.65 | 44.56 | 2:59.54 |
| 4 | Elisabeth Demleitner |  West Germany | 45.45 | 45.62 | 45.08 | 44.65 | 3:00.80 |
| 5 | Yuko Otaka |  Japan | 45.21 | 45.65 | 45.39 | 44.73 | 3:00.98 |
| 6 | Halina Kanasz |  Poland | 45.66 | 45.98 | 45.52 | 45.17 | 3:02.33 |
| 6 | Wiesława Martyka | Poland | 45.68 | 46.12 | 45.47 | 45.06 | 3:02.33 |
| 8 | Sarah Felder |  Italy | 45.90 | 45.93 | 45.99 | 45.08 | 3:02.90 |
| 9 | Barbara Piecha | Poland | 45.96 | 46.24 | 45.89 | 44.98 | 3:03.07 |
| 10 | Christa Schmuck | West Germany | 45.98 | 46.01 | 45.99 | 45.21 | 3:03.19 |
| 11 | Angelika Schafferer |  Austria | 46.00 | 46.41 | 45.94 | 45.71 | 3:04.06 |
| 12 | Nina Shashkova |  Soviet Union | 46.18 | 46.38 | 46.36 | 45.46 | 3:04.38 |
| 13 | Hiroko Shibuya | Japan | 46.66 | 46.41 | 45.89 | 45.49 | 3:04.45 |
| 14 | Antonia Mayr | Austria | 46.15 | 46.36 | 45.97 | 46.12 | 3:04.60 |
| 15 | Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad |  United States | 47.68 | 46.64 | 46.17 | 45.49 | 3:05.98 |
| 16 | Margit Graf | Austria | 46.89 | 46.92 | 46.25 | 46.23 | 3:06.29 |
| 17 | Nina Ignatyeva | Soviet Union | 46.82 | 46.84 | 46.70 | 46.09 | 3:06.45 |
| 18 | Gisela Otto | West Germany | 47.04 | 46.78 | 46.73 | 45.99 | 3:06.54 |
| 19 | Miyako Kawase | Japan | 47.93 | 47.31 | 46.72 | 46.14 | 3:08.10 |
| 20 | Nataliya Omsheva | Soviet Union | 47.18 | 47.39 | 46.85 | 46.85 | 3:08.27 |
| - | Erika Lechner | Italy | 48.76 | 49.39 | 50.51 | DNF | - |
| - | Peggy Frair | United States | DNF | - | - | - | - |
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