Dicksonpokalen

'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.

[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.

[2] 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.

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.