The Dicksonpokalen (Dickson Trophy) is an annual athletics award given to the winner of the 1500 metres at the DN Galan meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.

Patrik Löfgren with the trophy in 1891

The award was created by James F. Dickson, a stable master or equerry for the royal court.[1] Dickson had previously given an award for the best runner of the English mile as part of a public sports festival in Gothenburg as early as 1887. A Swede, H Lönnroth, was the first known winner of the award with a time of six minutes and two seconds, competing against one other man in heavy rain. No trophy was provided to Lönnroth given the lack of competition and slow performance. The first trophy proper was given in 1891 as part of the sports festival at the Svea Life Guards sports ground. Hans Haugom, a Norwegian, won the event and returned to win again the following year. Patrik Löfgren of Sweden won three years in a row from 1892 to 1894 and was awarded the trophy permanently as a result.[2]

The current trophy traces its history to 1895 and is no longer permanently awarded to an athlete, but the athlete has their name engraved on the award instead. Taking on an international aspect, the competition was open to all runners from the Nordic countries. Since 1906, the winning athlete's club gains the right to host the following year's competition. The race remained among the foremost annual athletics events in the region until the early 1920s. With diminishing interest, the management of the competition was given to the Swedish Athletics Association, who awarded it to the winner of the men's 1500 m at the annual Swedish Athletics Championships.[2]

In the post-war era, the Dickson Trophy returned to its roots as an international mile run event and Dutchman Willem Slijkhuis became the first non-Nordic winner in 1948. The trophy became tied to the annual DN Galan athletics meeting in Stockholm in 1967. The distance was changed from the mile to 1500 m in 1981. Since its residency at the DN Galan, numerous high-profile middle-distance athletes have won the title, including Olympic champions Kipchoge Keino, John Walker, Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett, Saïd Aouita, Noureddine Morceli, Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele. [3]

A new era for the trophy began in 2010 with the first women's winner, Nancy Langat of Kenya. Since that year, the Dicksonpokalen has been awarded to women in even-numbered years and men in odd-numbered years.[3]

Winners

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Year Country Winner (club) Time Distance
1887   Sweden H. Lönnroth 6:02.0 Mile
18911   Norway Hans Haugom 5:07.0 Mile
18912   Norway Hans Haugom 4:48.8 Mile
1892   Sweden Patrik Löfgren (AIK) 4:43.4 Mile
1893   Sweden Patrik Löfgren (AIK) 4:48.8 Mile
1894   Sweden Patrik Löfgren (AIK) 4:52.4 Mile
1895   Sweden Oscar Johansson (Vårblomman) 4:55.4 Mile
1896   Sweden Patrik Löfgren (AIK) 4:44.8 Mile
1897   Denmark Axel Valdemar Hansen (Københavns FF) 5:01.0 Mile
1898   Denmark Poul Harboe-Christensen (Københavns FF) 4:54.4 Mile
1899   Denmark Christian Christensen (Københavns FF) 4:50.8 Mile
1900   Denmark Christian Christensen (Københavns FF) 4:44.6 Mile
1901   Sweden Kristian Hellström (IF Sleipner) 4:42.2 Mile
1902   Sweden Kristian Hellström (IF Sleipner) 4:42.2 Mile
1903   Sweden Kristian Hellström (IF Sleipner) 4:31.8 Mile
1904   Sweden Kristian Hellström (IF Sleipner) 4:40.4 Mile
1905   Sweden Edward Dahl (Sundbybergs IK) 4:52.8 Mile
1906   Sweden Edward Dahl (Sundbyberg) 4:34.6 Mile
1907   Sweden John Svanberg (Fredrikshofs IF) 4:31.2 Mile
1908   Sweden Anton Nilsson (Fredrikshof) 4:37.6 Mile
1909   Sweden Ernst Wide (IK Göta) 4:33.2 Mile
1910   Sweden Ernst Wide (IK Göta) 4:21.6 Mile
1911   Sweden Ernst Wide (IK Göta) 4:34.7 Mile
1912   Sweden Ernst Wide (IK Göta) 4:26.8 Mile
1913   Sweden Ernst Wide (IK Göta) 4:25.4 Mile
1914   Sweden Ernst Wide (IK Göta) 4:36.3 Mile
1915   Sweden John Zander (Mariebergs IK) 4:27.7 Mile
1916   Sweden John Zander (Marieberg) 4:22.3 Mile
1917   Sweden John Zander (Marieberg) 4:18.6 Mile
1918   Sweden John Zander (Marieberg) 4:16.8 Mile
1919   Sweden Sven Lundgren (IK Göta) 4:22.8 Mile
1920   Sweden Sven Lundgren (IK Göta) 4:25.4 Mile
1921   Finland Paavo Nurmi 4:13.9 Mile
1922   Sweden Sven Lundgren (IK Göta) 4:24.2 Mile
1923   Sweden Edvin Wide (IF Linnéa) 4:25.0 Mile
1924   Sweden Edvin Wide (IF Linnéa) 4:25.8 Mile
1925   Sweden Folke Eriksson (MP) 4:25.2 Mile
1926   Sweden Gunnar Sjögren (IFK Sundsvall) 4:15.9 Mile
1927   Sweden Nils Eklöf (Finspångs IK) 4:22.2 Mile
1928   Sweden Artur Svensson (Finspång) 4:24.7 Mile
1929   Sweden Bror Öhrn (IFK Borås) 4:00.4 1500 m
1930   Sweden Karl-Gustav Dahlström (IK Göta) 4:07.6 1500 m
1931   Sweden Eric Ny (IK Mode) 3:58.8 1500 m
1932   Sweden Alfons Holmgren (IF Elfsborg) 4:04.2 1500 m
1933   Sweden Alfons Holmgren (IF Elfsborg) 3:58.2 1500 m
1934   Sweden Olle Pettersson (IK Ymer) 3:57.0 1500 m
1935   Sweden Lennart Nilsson (Örgryte IS) 3:59.8 1500 m
1936   Sweden Henry Jonsson (SoIK Hellas) 3:57.0 1500 m
1937   Sweden Lennart Nilsson (Örgryte) 3:54.2 1500 m
1938   Sweden Åke Jansson (Brandkårens IK) 3:53.0 1500 m
1939   Sweden Åke Jansson (Brandkåren) 3:55.6 1500 m
1940   Sweden Henry Kälarne (Brandkåren) 3:52.4 1500 m
1941   Sweden Gunder Hägg (Gefle IF) 3:47.6 1500 m
1942   Sweden Åke Jansson (Brandkåren) 3:50.6 1500 m
1943   Sweden Arne Andersson (SoIK Hellas) 3:50.4 1500 m
1944   Sweden Arne Andersson (SoIK Hellas) 3:49.6 1500 m
1945   Sweden Lennart Strand (Malmö AI) 3:47.6 1500 m
1946   Sweden Lennart Strand (Malmö) 4:06.6 Mile
1947   Sweden Lennart Strand (Malmö) 4:07.0 Mile
1948   Netherlands Willem Slijkhuis 4:09.4 Mile
1949   Sweden Olle Åberg (Gefle IF) 4:05.4 Mile
1950   Sweden Lennart Strand (Malmö) 4:07.2 Mile
1951   Sweden Olle Åberg (Gefle IF) 4:08.8 Mile
1952   Belgium Gaston Reiff 4:03.4 Mile
1953   United States Wes Santee 4:06.6 Mile
1954   Sweden Ingvar Ericsson (Brandkåren) 4:09.8 Mile
1955   United States Fred Dwyer 4:07.8 Mile
1956   Sweden Ingvar Ericsson (Brandkåren) 4:14.6 Mile
1957   Sweden Dan Waern (Örgryte) 4:01.1 Mile
1958   Australia Herb Elliott 3:58.0 Mile
1959   Sweden Dan Waern (Örgryte) 3:59.2 Mile
1960   Hungary László Tábori 4:06.4 Mile
1961   Sweden Dan Waern (Örgryte) 3:58.9 Mile
1962   Sweden Tommy Holmestrand (IFK Lidingö) 4:06.6 Mile
1963   West Germany Jörg Balke 4:11.4 Mile
1964   Sweden Karl-Uno Olofsson (IFK Umeå) 4:02.6 Mile
1965   Czechoslovakia Josef Odložil 3:58.7 Mile
1966   Sweden Sven-Olov Larsson (IFK Sundsvall) 4:07.1 Mile
1967   Belgium André Dehertoghe 3:57.3 Mile
1968   West Germany Bodo Tümmler 3:54.7 Mile
1969   West Germany Bodo Tümmler 3:58.8 Mile
1970   Poland Henryk Szordykowski 4:02.3 Mile
1971   Kenya Kipchoge Keino 3:54.4 Mile
1972   United Kingdom Brendan Foster 3:57.2 Mile
1973   Kenya Ben Jipcho 3:52.17 Mile
1974   Tanzania Filbert Bayi 3:54.10 Mile
1975   New Zealand John Walker 3:52.24 Mile
1976   New Zealand John Walker 3:53.07 Mile
1977   Czechoslovakia Jozef Plachý 3:54.68 Mile
1978   West Germany Thomas Wessinghage 3:52.50 Mile
1979   United States Steve Scott 3:55.96 Mile
1980   United States Steve Scott 3:53.59 Mile
1981   United Kingdom Sebastian Coe 3:31.95 1500 m
1982   United States Sydney Maree 3:32.89 1500 m
1983   United States Jim Spivey 3:36.94 1500 m
1984   United Kingdom Steve Ovett 3:35.65 1500 m
1985   United States Steve Scott 3:37.30 1500 m
1986   Australia Michael Hillardt 3:34.51 1500 m
1987   Somalia Abdi Bile 3:35.77 1500 m
1988   Morocco Saïd Aouita 3:35.70 1500 m
1989   Morocco Saïd Aouita 3:34.59 1500 m
1990   United States Joe Falcon 3:35.52 1500 m
1991   Algeria Noureddine Morceli 3:31.01 1500 m
1992   Morocco Rachid El Basir 3:36.21 1500 m
1993   Algeria Noureddine Morceli 3:31.83 1500 m
1994   Algeria Noureddine Morceli 3:34.09 1500 m
1995 No race
1996   Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj 3:29.59 1500 m
1997   Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj 3:29.30 1500 m
1998   Kenya John Kibowen 3:51.32 Mile
1999   Kenya Noah Ngeny 4:50.08 2000 m
2000   Spain Andrés Manuel Díaz 3:32.75 1500 m
2001   Spain José Antonio Redolat 3:31.21 1500 m
2002   Kenya Bernard Lagat 3:31.38 1500 m
2003   Kenya Bernard Lagat 3:32.99 1500 m
2004   Ethiopia Mulugeta Wendimu 3:32.39 1500 m
2005   Ukraine Ivan Heshko 3:33.18 1500 m
2006   Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele 3:33.08 1500 m
2007   Bahrain Belal Mansoor Ali 2:15.88 1000 m
2008   Sudan Abubaker Kaki Khamis 2:13.93 1000 m
2009   Bahrain Belal Mansoor Ali 2:16.55 1000 m
2010   Kenya Nancy Langat 4:00.70 1500 m
2011   Kenya Silas Kiplagat 3:33.94 1500 m
2012   Bahrain Maryam Yusuf Jamal 4:01.19 1500 m
2013   Djibouti Ayanleh Souleiman 3:33.59 1500 m
2014   United States Jenny Simpson 4:00.38 1500 m
2015   Djibouti Ayanleh Souleiman 3:33.33 1500 m
2016   Poland Angelika Cichocka 4:03.25 1500 m
2017   Kenya Timothy Cheruiyot 3:30.77 1500 m
2018   Ethiopia Gudaf Tsegay 3:57.64 1500 m
2019   Kenya Timothy Cheruiyot 3:35.79 1500 m

See also

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References

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  1. ^ DICKSON TROPHY - DICKSONPOKALEN. DN Galan. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ^ a b Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon. Stockholm: Nordisk Familjeboks Förlags AB. 193.
  3. ^ a b Dicksonpokalen. Diamond League. Retrieved 2019-08-04.