Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles at the III Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Herb Brooks Arena
Dates	8–9 February
Competitors	12 from 8 nations
Medalists
Karl Schäfer  Österreich Gillis Grafström  Schweden Montgomery Wilson  Kanada

The men's individual skating event was held as part of the figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which had previously been held twice at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920 as well as at the Winter Games in 1924 and 1928. The competition was held on Monday 8 February and on Tuesday 9 February 1932. Twelve figure skaters from eight nations competed.

Results

After three consecutive wins Gillis Grafström finished in second place; making him the most successful Olympic figure skater ever. The Austrian Karl Schäfer was able to beat the Swedish champion and went on to defend his title in 1936.

Rank	Name	Nation	CF	FS	Total points	Places
1	Karl Schäfer	Österreich	1	1	2602.0	9
2	Gillis Grafström	Schweden	2	2	2514.5	13
3	Montgomery Wilson	Kanada	3	3	2448.3	24
4	Marcus Nikkanen	Finnland	4	4	2420.1	28
5	Ernst Baier	Deutschland	6	5	2334.8	35
6	Roger Turner	Vereinigte Staaten	5	6	2297.6	40
7	J. Lester Madden	Vereinigte Staaten	8	7	2049.6	52
8	Gail Borden	Vereinigte Staaten	7	9	2110.8	54
9	Kazuyoshi Oimatsu	Japan	10	8	1978.6	67
10	Walther Langer	Czechoslovakia	9	11	1964.3	70
11	William Nagle	Vereinigte Staaten	12	10	1884.8	77
12	Ryuichi Obitani	Japan	11	12	1856.7	79

Referee:

• Joel B. Liberman

Judges:

• Yngvar Bryn
• Herbert J. Clarke
• Hans Grünauer
• Walter Jakobsson
• J. Cecil McDougall
• Jenő Minnich
• Charles M. Rotch

External links

• Official Olympic Report
• sports-reference
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 19 June 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2008.