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.[1]
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | o | 4:01.88 | ||||||
| 11 | o | 4:04.09 | +2.21 | |||||
| 10 | i | 4:04.87 | +2.99 | |||||
| 11 | i | 4:04.99 | +3.11 | |||||
| 10 | o | 4:06.33 | +4.45 | |||||
| 9 | i | 4:07.14 | +5.26 | |||||
| 8 | o | 4:09.51 | +7.63 | |||||
| 8 | i | 4:09.53 | +7.65 | |||||
| 12 | i | 4:09.53 | +7.65 | |||||
| 10 | 7 | i | 4:09.90 | +8.02 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | o | 4:11.09 | +9.21 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | o | 4:11.13 | +9.25 | ||||
| 13 | 3 | i | 4:11.27 | +9.39 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | i | 4:11.93 | +10.05 | ||||
| 15 | 9 | o | 4:13.07 | +11.19 | ||||
| 16 | 7 | o | 4:13.42 | +11.54 | ||||
| 17 | 4 | i | 4:15.05 | +13.17 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | i | 4:16.23 | +14.35 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | o | 4:17.16 | +15.28 | ||||
| 20 | 6 | i | 4:17.84 | +15.96 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | o | 4:18.24 | +16.36 | ||||
| 22 | 3 | o | 4:20.13 | +18.25 | ||||
| 23 | 1 | i | 4:22.42 | +20.54 | ||||
| 24 | 1 | o | 4:26.44 | +24.56 |