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

Men's singles
at the III Olympic Winter Games
Men's singles; at the III Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Herb Brooks Arena
Dates	8–9 February 1932
Competitors	12 from 8 nations
Medalists
	← 1928 1936 →

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.^[1]

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	Austria	1	1	2602.0	9
2	Gillis Grafström	Sweden	2	2	2514.5	13
3	Montgomery Wilson	Canada	3	3	2448.3	24
4	Marcus Nikkanen	Finland	4	4	2420.1	28
5	Ernst Baier	Germany	6	5	2334.8	35
6	Roger Turner	United States	5	6	2297.6	40
7	J. Lester Madden	United States	8	7	2049.6	52
8	Gail Borden	United States	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	United States	12	10	1884.8	77
12	Ryuichi Obitani	Japan	11	12	1856.7	79