Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Individual		men		ladies
Pairs		mixed

The men's individual figure skating event was held as part of the figure skating programme at the 1928 Winter Olympics. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which had previously been held at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920 and was also part of the first Winter Games in 1924. The competition was held from Tuesday February 14, 1928 to Friday February 17, 1928.

Seventeen figure skaters from ten nations competed.

Medalists [edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gillis Grafström Sweden (SWE)	Willy Böckl Austria (AUT)	Robert Van Zeebroeck Belgium (BEL)

Results [edit]

Gillis Grafström successfully defended his 1920 and 1924 title again with Austrian Willy Böckl finishing in second place as four years earlier. Another Austrian Karl Schäfer finished fourth in this event. He went on to win gold medals in the next two consecutive Olympic Games.

Gillis Grafström during the compulsory figures.

Willy Böckl during the compulsory figures.

Werner Rittberger during the compulsory figures.

Rank	Name	Nation	CF	FS	Places	Score
1	Gillis Grafström	Sweden	1	1	12	1630.75
2	Willy Böckl	Austria	2	2	13	1625.50
3	Robert van Zeebroeck	Belgium	3	3	27	1542.75
4	Karl Schäfer	Austria	6	4	35	1463.75
5	Josef Slíva	Czechoslovakia	5	5	36	1469.00
6	Marcus Nikkanen	Finland	4	8	46	1480.00
7	Pierre Brunet	France	7	7	50	1447.75
8	Ludwig Wrede	Austria	10	6	53	1368.75
9	John Page	Great Britain	8	11	62	1424.00
10	Roger Turner	United States	9	12	67	1363.50
11	Sherwin Badger	United States	13	9	73	1324.00
12	Paul Franke	Germany	14	10	76	1326.00
13	Montgomery Wilson	Canada	11	16	92	1345.00
14	Ian Bowhill	Great Britain	15	14	101	1202.25
15	Nathaniel Niles	United States	16	13	103	1154.25
16	Jack Eastwood	Canada	17	15	106	1136.25
WD	Werner Rittberger	Germany	12