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

See also Dream Mile Emsley Carr Mile Wanamaker Mile

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