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

Men's singles
at the II Olympic Winter Games
Men's singles; at the II Olympic Winter Games
Venue	St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Dates	14–17 February
Competitors	17 from 10 nations
Medalists
	← 1924 1932 →

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, 14 February to Friday, 17 February 1928. Seventeen figure skaters from ten nations competed.^[1]

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