The men's individual skating was an event held as part of the figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of the event and the sport, which had previously been held in 1908.[1]
| Men's singles figure skating at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Palais de Glace d'Anvers | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 25–27 April | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
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Nine skaters from six nations competed. Gillis Grafström of Sweden captured the first of three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the men's single event in 1920. 1908 gold medalist Ulrich Salchow finished fourth. At age 44, bronze medalist Martin Stixrud is the oldest man to ever win an Olympic medal in an individual winter event.[2]
Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | CF | FS | Places |
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| 1 | Gillis Grafström |  Sweden | 1 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Andreas Krogh |  Norway | 3 | 3 | 18.0 |
| 3 | Martin Stixrud | Norway | 4 | 2 | 24.5 |
| 4 | Ulrich Salchow | Sweden | 2 | 5 | 25.5 |
| 5 | Sakari Ilmanen |  Finland | 5 | 4 | 30.0 |
| 6 | Nathaniel Niles |  United States | 7 | 6 | 49.0 |
| 7 | Basil Williams |  Great Britain | 6 | 9 | 49.5 |
| 8 | Alfred Mégroz |  Switzerland | 8 | 7 | 52.5 |
| 9 | Kenneth Beaumont | Great Britain | 9 | 8 | 59.0 |
Referee:
Victor Lundquist
Judges:
- August Anderberg
Louis Magnus
Max Orban
Knut Ørn Meinich
Herbert Yglesias- Edourd Delpy
Walter Jakobsson
References
Sources
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 19 June 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2008.