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

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Figure skating at the
1928 Winter Olympics
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The men's individual skating event was held as part of the figure skating 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 to Friday, February 17, 1928.

Seventeen figure skaters from ten nations competed.

Results

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

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Judges:

  • Official Olympic Report
  • sports-reference
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