2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 3000 metres
# 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres race of the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on March 22 at 16:30 local time.

## Results

| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 12 | o | Martina Sáblíková | Czech Republic | 4:01.88 | |
| | 11 | o | Stephanie Beckert | Germany | 4:04.09 | +2.21 |
| | 10 | i | Ireen Wüst | Netherlands | 4:04.87 | +2.99 |
| 4 | 11 | i | Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 4:04.99 | +3.11 |
| 5 | 10 | o | Linda de Vries | Netherlands | 4:06.33 | +4.45 |
| 6 | 9 | i | Cindy Klassen | Canada | 4:07.14 | +5.26 |
| 7 | 8 | o | Yevgeniya Dmitriyeva | Russia | 4:09.51 | +7.63 |
| 8 | 8 | i | Brittany Schussler | Canada | 4:09.53 | +7.65 |
| 8 | 12 | i | Diane Valkenburg | Netherlands | 4:09.53 | +7.65 |
| 10 | 7 | i | Olga Graf | Russia | 4:09.90 | +8.02 |
| 11 | 5 | o | Kim Bo-reum | South Korea | 4:11.09 | +9.21 |
| 12 | 6 | o | Park Do-yeong | South Korea | 4:11.13 | +9.25 |
| 13 | 3 | i | Natalia Czerwonka | Poland | 4:11.27 | +9.39 |
| 14 | 5 | i | Jilleanne Rookard | United States | 4:11.93 | +10.05 |
| 15 | 9 | o | Masako Hozumi | Japan | 4:13.07 | +11.19 |
| 16 | 7 | o | Eriko Ishino | Japan | 4:13.42 | +11.54 |
| 17 | 4 | i | Isabell Ost | Germany | 4:15.05 | +13.17 |
| 18 | 2 | i | Mari Hemmer | Norway | 4:16.23 | +14.35 |
| 19 | 2 | o | Anna Rokita | Austria | 4:17.16 | +15.28 |
| 20 | 6 | i | Shiho Ishizawa | Japan | 4:17.84 | +15.96 |
| 21 | 4 | o | Hege Bøkko | Norway | 4:18.24 | +16.36 |
| 22 | 3 | o | Nicole Garrido | Canada | 4:20.13 | +18.25 |
| 23 | 1 | i | Katarzyna Woźniak | Poland | 4:22.42 | +20.54 |
| 24 | 1 | o | Maria Lamb | United States | 4:26.44 | +24.56 |
