Maureen Koster ran a nice personal record in the 3000 meters. The 30-year-old athlete from Alphen aan den Rijn came to a time of 8.35.93, well below her fastest time of 8.42.28. The time was right for ninth place in Oslo. Diane van Es finished fourteenth at the same distance with a time of 8:56.28. Beatrice Chebet from Kenya won in 8:25.01.