Fana stadion is a multi-use stadium at

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in the borough of

Fana Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough makes up the southeastern part of the municipality of Bergen. The borough was once part of the historic municipality of Fana which was incorporated into Bergen in ...

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. Used for

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matches, it is the home ground of Second Division team

Fana IL Fana Idrettslag is the biggest multi-sport club in Fana, Bergen, Norway. It has several branches, of which football is the largest. Fana IL was founded on the 3rd of March in 1920 at Stend in Bergen. The different sports There are a broad scal ...

. It also has a rubber track for

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meets, and the stadium most notably hosted the 2004 Bergen Bislett Games. Then, a new

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in the women's 5000 metres was set by

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. The stadium is also home to a world junior record, namely 83.87 metres by

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in the men's

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(June 2001). The venue hosted the Norwegian Athletics Championships in 1969, 1975, 1991 and 2005.

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