Figure Skating — Singles, Men

Times held 26
Total participants 382
Total countries 52

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1908 Singles, Men Olympic 9 5
1920 Singles, Men Olympic 9 6
1924 Singles, Men Olympic 11 9
1928 Singles, Men Olympic 17 10
1932 Singles, Men Olympic 12 8
1936 Singles, Men Olympic 25 12
1948 Singles, Men Olympic 16 10
1952 Singles, Men Olympic 14 11
1956 Singles, Men Olympic 16 11
1960 Singles, Men Olympic 19 10
1964 Singles, Men Olympic 24 11
1968 Singles, Men Olympic 28 14
1972 Singles, Men Olympic 17 10
1976 Singles, Men Olympic 20 12
1980 Singles, Men Olympic 17 10
1984 Singles, Men Olympic 23 15
1988 Singles, Men Olympic 28 21
1992 Singles, Men Olympic 30 22
1994 Singles, Men Olympic 25 17
1998 Singles, Men Olympic 29 24
2002 Singles, Men Olympic 28 20
2006 Singles, Men Olympic 30 22
2010 Singles, Men Olympic 30 20
2014 Singles, Men Olympic 29 20
2018 Singles, Men Olympic 30 21
2022 Singles, Men Olympic 29 20

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1908 Ulrich SalchowSWE Richard JohanssonSWE Per ThorénSWE
1920 Gillis GrafströmSWE Andreas KroghNOR Martin StixrudNOR
1924 Gillis GrafströmSWE Willy BöcklAUT Georges GautschiSUI
1928 Gillis GrafströmSWE Willy BöcklAUT Robert Van ZeebroeckBEL
1932 Karl SchäferAUT Gillis GrafströmSWE Bud WilsonCAN
1936 Karl SchäferAUT Ernst BaierGER Felix KasparAUT
1948 Dick ButtonUSA Hans GerschwilerSUI Edi RadaAUT
1952 Dick ButtonUSA Helmut SeibtAUT Jim GroganUSA
1956 Hayes JenkinsUSA Ronnie RobertsonUSA David JenkinsUSA
1960 David JenkinsUSA Karol DivínTCH Don JacksonCAN
1964 Manfred SchnelldorferGER Alain CalmatFRA Scotty AllenUSA
1968 Wolfgang SchwarzAUT Tim WoodUSA Patrick PéraFRA
1972 Ondrej NepelaTCH Sergey ChetverukhinURS Patrick PéraFRA
1976 John CurryGBR Vladimir KovalyovURS Toller CranstonCAN
1980 Robin CousinsGBR Jan HoffmannGDR Charlie TicknerUSA
1984 Scott HamiltonUSA Brian OrserCAN Jozef SabovčíkTCH
1988 Brian BoitanoUSA Brian OrserCAN Viktor PetrenkoURS
1992 Viktor PetrenkoEUN Paul WylieUSA Petr BarnaTCH
1994 Aleksey UrmanovRUS Elvis StojkoCAN Philippe CandeloroFRA
1998 Ilya KulikRUS Elvis StojkoCAN Philippe CandeloroFRA
2002 Aleksey YagudinRUS Yevgeny PlyushchenkoRUS Timothy GoebelUSA
2006 Yevgeny PlyushchenkoRUS Stéphane LambielSUI Jeff ButtleCAN
2010 Evan LysacekUSA Yevgeny PlyushchenkoRUS Daisuke TakahashiJPN
2014 Yuzuru HanyuJPN Patrick ChanCAN Denis TenKAZ
2018 Yuzuru HanyuJPN Shoma UnoJPN Javier FernándezESP
2022 Nathan ChenUSA Yuma KagiyamaJPN Shoma UnoJPN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 8 3 5 16
Sweden SWE 4 2 1 7
Russian Federation RUS 4 2 0 6
Austria AUT 3 3 2 8
Japan JPN 2 2 2 6
Great Britain GBR 2 0 0 2
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 1 2 4
Germany GER 1 1 0 2
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Canada CAN 0 5 4 9
Soviet Union URS 0 2 1 3
Switzerland SUI 0 2 1 3
France FRA 0 1 4 5
Norway NOR 0 1 1 2
East Germany GDR 0 1 0 1
Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
Spain ESP 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Gillis Grafström SWE 3 1 0 4
Dick Button USA 2 0 0 2
Karl Schäfer AUT 2 0 0 2
Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 2 0 0 2
Yevgeny Plyushchenko RUS 1 2 0 3

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 1908 Summer Olympics Horatio Torromé 7 See all
Australia AUS 1952 Winter Olympics Adrian Swan 10 See all
2002 Winter Olympics Anthony Liu 10
Austria AUT 1932 Winter Olympics Karl Schäfer 1 Gold See all
1936 Winter Olympics Karl Schäfer 1 Gold
1968 Winter Olympics Wolfgang Schwarz 1 Gold
Azerbaijan AZE 1998 Winter Olympics Igor Pashkevich 16 See all
Belarus BLR 2006 Winter Olympics Siarhei Davydau 15 See all
Belgium BEL 1928 Winter Olympics Robert Van Zeebroeck 3 Bronze See all
Bulgaria BUL 1998 Winter Olympics Ivan Dinev 11 See all
Canada CAN 1984 Winter Olympics Brian Orser 2 Silver See all
1988 Winter Olympics Brian Orser 2 Silver
1994 Winter Olympics Elvis Stojko 2 Silver
1998 Winter Olympics Elvis Stojko 2 Silver
2014 Winter Olympics Patrick Chan 2 Silver
Chinese Taipei TPE 1992 Winter Olympics David Liu 17 See all
Croatia CRO 1992 Winter Olympics Tomislav Čižmešija 29 r1/2 See all
Czechia CZE 2010 Winter Olympics Michal Březina 10 See all
2014 Winter Olympics Michal Březina 10
Czechoslovakia TCH 1972 Winter Olympics Ondrej Nepela 1 Gold See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 2010 Winter Olympics Ri Song-Chol 25 r1/2 See all
Denmark DEN 1998 Winter Olympics Michael Tyllesen 9 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Winter Olympics Jan Hoffmann 2 Silver See all
Estonia EST 1998 Winter Olympics Margus Hernits 20 See all
Finland FIN 1932 Winter Olympics Marcus Nikkanen 4 See all
France FRA 1964 Winter Olympics Alain Calmat 2 Silver See all
Georgia GEO 2022 Winter Olympics Morisi Kvitelashvili 10 See all
Germany GER 1964 Winter Olympics Manfred Schnelldorfer 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1976 Winter Olympics John Curry 1 Gold See all
1980 Winter Olympics Robin Cousins 1 Gold
Hungary HUN 1948 Winter Olympics Ede Király 5 See all
Israel ISR 2018 Winter Olympics Alexei Bychenko 11 See all
Italy ITA 1952 Winter Olympics Carlo Fassi 6 See all
Japan JPN 2014 Winter Olympics Yuzuru Hanyu 1 Gold See all
2018 Winter Olympics Yuzuru Hanyu 1 Gold
Kazakhstan KAZ 2014 Winter Olympics Denis Ten 3 Bronze See all
Latvia LAT 2022 Winter Olympics Deniss Vasiļjevs 13 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1998 Winter Olympics Patrick Schmit 29 r1/2 See all
Malaysia MAS 2018 Winter Olympics Julian Yee 25 r1/2 See all
Mexico MEX 2022 Winter Olympics Donovan Carrillo 22 See all
Norway NOR 1920 Summer Olympics Andreas Krogh 2 Silver See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2018 Winter Olympics Jin Boyang 4 See all
Philippines PHI 2014 Winter Olympics Michael Christian Martinez 19 See all
Poland POL 1988 Winter Olympics Grzegorz Filipowski 5 See all
ROC ROC 2018 Winter Olympics Dmitry Aliyev 7 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2022 Winter Olympics Cha Jun-Hwan 5 See all
Romania ROU 1994 Winter Olympics Cornel Gheorghe 14 See all
2006 Winter Olympics Gheorghe Chiper 14
Russian Federation RUS 1994 Winter Olympics Aleksey Urmanov 1 Gold See all
1998 Winter Olympics Ilya Kulik 1 Gold
2002 Winter Olympics Aleksey Yagudin 1 Gold
2006 Winter Olympics Yevgeny Plyushchenko 1 Gold
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2006 Winter Olympics Trifun Živanović 26 r1/2 See all
Slovakia SVK 1998 Winter Olympics Róbert Kažimír 26 r1/2 See all
Slovenia SLO 1992 Winter Olympics Luka Klasinc 26 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 1994 Winter Olympics Dino Quattrocecere 24 See all
Soviet Union URS 1972 Winter Olympics Sergey Chetverukhin 2 Silver See all
1976 Winter Olympics Vladimir Kovalyov 2 Silver
Spain ESP 2018 Winter Olympics Javier Fernández 3 Bronze See all
Sweden SWE 1908 Summer Olympics Ulrich Salchow 1 Gold See all
1920 Summer Olympics Gillis Grafström 1 Gold
1924 Winter Olympics Gillis Grafström 1 Gold
1928 Winter Olympics Gillis Grafström 1 Gold
Switzerland SUI 1948 Winter Olympics Hans Gerschwiler 2 Silver See all
2006 Winter Olympics Stéphane Lambiel 2 Silver
Ukraine UKR 1994 Winter Olympics Viktor Petrenko 4 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Winter Olympics Viktor Petrenko 1 Gold See all
United States USA 1948 Winter Olympics Dick Button 1 Gold See all
1952 Winter Olympics Dick Button 1 Gold
1956 Winter Olympics Hayes Jenkins 1 Gold
1960 Winter Olympics David Jenkins 1 Gold
1984 Winter Olympics Scott Hamilton 1 Gold
1988 Winter Olympics Brian Boitano 1 Gold
2010 Winter Olympics Evan Lysacek 1 Gold
2022 Winter Olympics Nathan Chen 1 Gold
Uzbekistan UZB 2014 Winter Olympics Misha Ge 17 See all
2018 Winter Olympics Misha Ge 17
West Germany FRG 1984 Winter Olympics Rudi Cerne 4 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Winter Olympics Milan Begović 21 See all