The men's individual was a figure skating

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 event held as part of the Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics, three figure skating events were contested.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...

 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

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 captured the first of three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the men's single event in 1920. 1908

Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, four figure skating events were contested. This took place at the Prince's Skating Club, in the district of Knightsbridge...

 gold medalist Ulrich Salchow

Ulrich Salchow

Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow was a Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century....

 finished fourth. At age 44, bronze medalist Martin Stixrud is the oldest man to ever win an Olympic medal in an individual winter event.

Results

Rank	Name	Nation	CF Compulsory figures Compulsory figures or school figures were formerly an aspect of the sport of figure skating, from which the sport derives its name. Carving specific patterns or figures into the ice was the original focus of the sport. The patterns of compulsory figures all derive from the basic figure eight...	FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...	Places
1	Gillis Grafström Gillis Grafström Gillis Emanuel Grafström was a Swedish figure skater. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men's Figure Skating as well as Olympic silver medal in same event in 1932, and three World Championships...		1	1	7.0
2	Andreas Krogh Andreas Krogh Andreas Krogh was a Norwegian figure skater. He won the silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.-Men's singles:-Pairs:-References:* -Navigation:...		3	3	18.0
3	Martin Stixrud Martin Stixrud Martin Stixrud was a Norwegian figure skater. He was the 1920 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, 1923 European silver medalist, and 1912 European bronze medalist....		4	2	24.5
4	Ulrich Salchow Ulrich Salchow Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow was a Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century....		2	5	25.5
5	Sakari Ilmanen		5	4	30.0
6	Nathaniel Niles Nathaniel Niles (figure skater) Nathaniel William Niles was an American figure skater who competed in single skating, pair skating, and ice dancing between 1914 and 1932.He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Brookline, Massachusetts....		7	6	49.0
7	Basil Williams Basil Williams (figure skater) Basil Williams was a British single skater and pair skater. With partner Phyllis Johnson, he won the bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Before teaming up with Johnson, he competed with Enid Harrison. They placed 6th at the 1912 World Figure Skating Championships...		6	9	49.5
8	Alfred Mégroz		8	7	52.5
9	Kenneth Beaumont		9	8	59.0

Referee: Victor Lundquist

Judges: August Anderberg Louis Magnus

Louis Magnus

Louis Magnus was an ice skater. He competed as a figure skater representing France. He is considered as the builder of the International Ice Hockey Federation .He moved to France in 1889....

 Max Orban Knut Ørn Meinich Herbert Yglesias Edourd Delpy Walter Jakobsson

Walter Jakobsson

Walter Andreas Jakobsson was a Finnish figure skater.As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911....