# Dicksonpokalen

The Dicksonpokalen (lit. 'the Dickson Trophy') is an annual athletics award given to the winner of the 1500 metres event at the DN Galan meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.
The award was created by James F. Dickson, a stable master or equerry for the royal court. 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.
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 gained 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.
In the post-war era, the 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 when it started 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.
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.

## Winners

| Year | Country | Winner (club) | Time | Distance |
| 1891$^1$ | Norway | Hans Haugom | 5:07.0 | Mile |
| 1891$^2$ | 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 | No race | No race | 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 |