The women's 1000 metres race of the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 24 March at 12:00 local time.[1]
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:15.16 | ||||||
| 9 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:15.98 | +0.82 | |||||
| 12 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:16.16 | +1.00 | |||||
| 11 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:16.30 | +1.14 | |||||
| 11 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:16.33 | +1.17 | |||||
| 10 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:16.50 | +1.34 | |||||
| 9 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:16.50 | +1.34 | |||||
| 8 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:17.12 | +1.96 | |||||
| 4 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:17.15 | +1.99 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:17.35 | +2.19 | ||||
| 11 | 10 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:17.47 | +2.31 | ||||
| 12 | 7 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:17.54 | +2.38 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:17.65 | +2.49 | ||||
| 14 | 7 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:17.74 | +2.58 | ||||
| 15 | 5 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:17.97 | +2.81 | ||||
| 16 | 5 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:18.05 | +2.89 | ||||
| 17 | 3 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:18.19 | +3.03 | ||||
| 18 | 1 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:18.30 | +3.14 | ||||
| 19 | 8 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:18.63 | +3.47 | ||||
| 20 | 6 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:18.73 | +3.57 | ||||
| 21 | 2 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:19.09 | +3.93 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:19.34 | +4.18 | ||||
| 23 | 1 | i | align=left | align=left | 1:20.09 | +4.93 | ||||
| 24 | 2 | o | align=left | align=left | 1:22.04 | +6.88 |