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.
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.
Rank Name Nation CF FS Total points Places 1 Gillis Grafström 111630.7512 2 Willy Böckl 221625.5013 3 Robert van Zeebroeck 331542.7527 4 Karl Schäfer 641463.7535 5 Josef Slíva 551469.0036 6 Marcus Nikkanen 481480.0046 7 Pierre Brunet 771447.7550 8 Ludwig Wrede 1061368.7553 9 John Page 8111424.0062 10 Roger Turner 9121363.5067 11 Sherwin Badger 1391324.0073 12 Paul Franke 14101326.0076 13 Montgomery Wilson 11161345.0092 14 Ian Bowhill 15141202.25101 15 Nathaniel Niles 16131154.25103 16 Jack Eastwood 17151136.25106 WD Werner Rittberger 12
Referee: Ulrich Salchow
Judges: Kurt Dannenberg Eduard Engelmann Paul Baudouin Herbert J. Clarke Sakari Ilmanen Joel B. Liberman Vojtěch Veselý
References
External links Official Olympic Report sports-reference