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Dicksonpokalen

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Patrik Löfgren with the trophy in 1891

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.

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.