| Men's singles figure skating at the Games of the VII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Palais de Glace d'Anvers | |||||||||
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| Dates | April 25–27 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 6 nations | |||||||||
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| «1908 | 1924» | |||||||||
| Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics |
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| Individual | men | ladies | ||
| Pairs | mixed | |||
The men's individual was a figure skating event held as part of the Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event and the sport, which had previously been held in 1908.
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.[1]
| 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 |
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