| | Event type
Singles, Men
| Date | 19 – 21 February 1952 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Bislett Stadion, Oslo / Jordal Stadion, Oslo | |
| Participants | 14 from 11 countries | |
| Format | Each judge ranked each skater by Ordinal Placement from first through last place. The Ordinal Placement for each judge was based on Total Points awarded by that judge to the skaters. The points were based on 60% for Compulsory Figures and 40% for Free Skating, with the tiebreaker for each judge being Compulsory Figure Points. Final placement was determined by a Majority Placement rule. Thus, if a skater was ranked first by a majority of the judges, that skater was placed first overall, and the process was repeated for each place. If no absolute majority for a place existed, the tiebreakers were, in order: 1) Total Ordinals, 2) Total Points, 3) Compulsory Figure Points. | |
| Judge #1 | Alex Krupy |  USA |
| Judge #2 | Theo Klemm |  GER |
| Judge #3 | Bruno Bonfiglio |  ITA |
| Judge #4 | Franz Wojtanowskyj |  AUT |
| Judge #5 | Sven Sørensen |  DEN |
| Judge #6 | Norman Gregory |  CAN |
| Judge #7 | Martti Gyldén |  FIN |
| Judge #8 | Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques |  FRA |
| Judge #9 | László Szollás |  HUN |
Dick Button had totally dominated the international figure skating scene after his Olympic success in 1948, winning the World Championships in 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951. His closest rivals was supposed to be his young teammates James Grogan (20) and Hayes Jenkins (18) and the European Champion from 1951 and 1952, Austrian Helmut Seibt.
Button was in a commanding lead after the compulsory figures ahead of Seibt and Grogan, he could easily have played it safe through the free program to another Olympic victory. But also on this occasion Button had something new to show the figure skating audience. Under storming applause he landed a triple loop in his free program, being the first skater ever to do that in a competition. Button was certainly a man for the big Olympic occasions! In a very close battle for the silver medal, Seibt was able to stay ahead of Grogan with the closest possible margin. Young Hayes Jenkins had to be content with 4th place. Carlo Fassi of Italy was the second best European in 6th place. He became European Champion in 1953 and 1954 and was later to become a famous figure skating coach.
At the World Championship in Paris one week later Button ended his tremendous amateur figure skating career with his 5th World title. This time it was a clean sweep for the US skaters, Grogan in silver and Hayes Jenkins in bronze position.
| Pos | Skater | NOC | Maj. Placements | Ordinals | Points | Reduced | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | Judge #6 | Judge #7 | Judge #8 | Judge #9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Button | USA | 9×1+ | 9.0 | 1,730.3 | 192.256 | 189.3 (1) | 188.3 (1) | 191.1 (1) | 191.5 (1) | 199.9 (1) | 191.6 (1) | 194.2 (1) | 189.3 (1) | 195.1 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Helmut Seibt | AUT | 6×2+ | 23.0 | 1,621.3 | 180.144 | 170.7 (4) | 180.6 (2) | 179.9 (2) | 185.7 (2) | 183.3 (2) | 180.9 (3) | 182.5 (2) | 177.1 (4) | 180.6 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Jim Grogan | USA | 9×3+ | 24.0 | 1,627.4 | 180.822 | 185.0 (2) | 180.0 (3) | 178.6 (3) | 178.7 (3) | 181.0 (3) | 181.4 (2) | 180.6 (3) | 181.8 (2) | 180.3 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Hayes Jenkins | USA | 9×5+ | 40.0 | 1,571.3 | 174.589 | 172.9 (3) | 172.9 (5) | 176.5 (5) | 170.9 (5) | 169.8 (5) | 177.0 (5) | 179.9 (4) | 179.1 (3) | 172.3 (5) | |||
| 5 | Peter Firstbrook | CAN | 7×5+ | 43.0 | 1,558.1 | 173.122 | 163.2 (5) | 175.3 (4) | 168.5 (6) | 170.5 (6) | 173.8 (4) | 180.5 (4) | 178.1 (5) | 175.5 (5) | 172.7 (4) | |||
| 6 | Carlo Fassi | ITA | 9×6+ | 50.0 | 1,528.4 | 169.822 | 156.5 (6) | 171.8 (6) | 176.8 (4) | 175.8 (4) | 163.8 (6) | 171.5 (6) | 173.3 (6) | 168.8 (6) | 170.1 (6) | |||
| 7 | Alain Giletti | FRA | 9×7+ | 63.0 | 1,469.1 | 163.233 | 152.0 (7) | 160.3 (7) | 160.6 (7) | 162.3 (7) | 163.8 (7) | 167.1 (7) | 173.3 (7) | 161.0 (7) | 168.7 (7) | |||
| 8 | Freimut Stein | GER | 9×8+ | 72.0 | 1,403.6 | 155.956 | 149.6 (8) | 159.4 (8) | 149.9 (8) | 158.2 (8) | 154.8 (8) | 156.2 (8) | 159.9 (8) | 157.0 (8) | 158.6 (8) | |||
| 9 | François Pache |  SUI | 5×9+ | 92.0 | 1,259.3 | 139.922 | 122.4 (12) | 145.3 (9) | 141.5 (9) | 131.5 (14) | 145.8 (10) | 146.7 (9) | 142.7 (9) | 136.8 (11) | 146.6 (9) | |||
| 10 | Adrian Swan |  AUS | 8×11+ | 95.0 | 1,248.2 | 138.689 | 136.2 (9) | 137.2 (11) | 139.5 (11) | 141.5 (11) | 142.2 (11) | 129.5 (12) | 141.5 (10) | 137.2 (10) | 143.4 (10) | |||
| 11 | Kurt Oppelt | AUT | 7×11+ | 98.0 | 1,233.3 | 137.033 | 122.5 (11) | 138.1 (10) | 139.9 (10) | 147.9 (9) | 137.3 (12) | 132.4 (11) | 139.2 (11) | 134.2 (13) | 141.8 (11) | |||
| 12 | György Czakó | HUN | 5×12+ | 112.0 | 1,191.0 | 132.333 | 127.5 (10) | 131.1 (13) | 132.4 (13) | 138.0 (12) | 130.3 (14) | 121.7 (14) | 139.0 (12) | 134.4 (12) | 136.6 (12) | |||
| 13 | Kalle Tuulos | FIN | 8×13+ | 112.0 | 1,180.9 | 131.211 | 116.5 (14) | 133.7 (12) | 135.3 (12) | 134.3 (13) | 131.4 (13) | 125.9 (13) | 129.9 (13) | 140.0 (9) | 133.9 (13) | |||
| 14 | Per Cock-Clausen | DEN | 9×14+ | 112.0 | 1,203.5 | 133.722 | 122.1 (13) | 123.7 (14) | 125.8 (14) | 144.9 (10) | 150.1 (9) | 146.5 (10) | 128.6 (14) | 132.5 (14) | 129.3 (14) |
Compulsory Figures (19 February 1952 — 9:00)
| Judge #1 | Alex Krupy | USA |
|---|---|---|
| Judge #2 | Theo Klemm | GER |
| Judge #3 | Bruno Bonfiglio | ITA |
| Judge #4 | Franz Wojtanowskyj | AUT |
| Judge #5 | Sven Sørensen | DEN |
| Judge #6 | Norman Gregory | CAN |
| Judge #7 | Martti Gyldén | FIN |
| Judge #8 | Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques | FRA |
| Judge #9 | László Szollás | HUN |
| Pos | Ord | Skater | NOC | Maj. Placements | Ordinals | Reduced | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | Judge #6 | Judge #7 | Judge #8 | Judge #9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Dick Button | USA | 9×1+ | 9.0 | 1,000.2 | 111.133 | 108.8 (1) | 107.8 (1) | 110.6 (1) | 111.0 (1) | 117.3 (1) | 109.7 (1) | 112.3 (1) | 108.1 (1) | 114.6 (1) | ||
| 2 | – | Helmut Seibt | AUT | 8×2+ | 19.0 | 957.7 | 106.411 | 98.6 (3) | 106.4 (2) | 107.1 (2) | 110.8 (2) | 108.4 (2) | 106.7 (2) | 109.0 (2) | 103.6 (2) | 107.1 (2) | ||
| 3 | – | Jim Grogan | USA | 6×3+ | 29.0 | 927.4 | 103.044 | 105.9 (2) | 102.3 (3) | 100.9 (4) | 101.0 (4) | 105.4 (3) | 103.7 (4) | 102.9 (3) | 102.7 (3) | 102.6 (3) | ||
| 4 | – | Peter Firstbrook | CAN | 8×5+ | 41.0 | 891.0 | 99.000 | 90.4 (5) | 101.1 (4) | 96.4 (6) | 97.7 (5) | 100.3 (4) | 104.2 (3) | 102.5 (4) | 99.9 (5) | 98.5 (5) | ||
| 5 | – | Hayes Jenkins | USA | 6×5+ | 47.0 | 877.6 | 97.511 | 95.2 (4) | 96.6 (6) | 98.8 (5) | 93.9 (7) | 94.9 (5) | 100.0 (5) | 100.8 (5) | 100.0 (4) | 97.4 (6) | ||
| 6 | – | Carlo Fassi | ITA | 9×6+ | 45.0 | 865.5 | 96.166 | 83.0 (6) | 99.0 (5) | 101.2 (3) | 101.6 (3) | 93.1 (6) | 95.9 (6) | 99.8 (6) | 93.2 (6) | 98.7 (4) | ||
| 7 | – | Alain Giletti | FRA | 8×7+ | 63.0 | 813.2 | 90.355 | 77.8 (7) | 89.6 (7) | 89.2 (7) | 95.1 (6) | 91.7 (7) | 90.8 (7) | 97.0 (7) | 86.8 (8) | 95.2 (7) | ||
| 8 | – | Freimut Stein | GER | 9×8+ | 71.0 | 765.9 | 85.100 | 75.4 (8) | 87.3 (8) | 77.8 (8) | 88.2 (8) | 88.3 (8) | 84.1 (8) | 87.1 (8) | 89.1 (7) | 88.6 (8) | ||
| 9 | – | François Pache | SUI | 6×10+ | 93.0 | 704.9 | 78.322 | 65.0 (11) | 78.8 (9) | 75.7 (10) | 75.5 (14) | 84.2 (10) | 80.9 (10) | 82.5 (9) | 77.3 (11) | 85.0 (9) | ||
| 10 | – | Per Cock-Clausen | DEN | 6×10+ | 97.0 | 699.5 | 77.722 | 73.1 (9) | 69.1 (13) | 69.8 (13) | 85.4 (10) | 87.8 (9) | 82.1 (9) | 79.6 (10) | 77.9 (10) | 74.7 (14) | ||
| 11 | – | Kurt Oppelt | AUT | 5×11+ | 100.0 | 683.1 | 75.900 | 62.3 (13) | 75.1 (10) | 76.2 (9) | 87.7 (9) | 77.1 (12) | 77.8 (11) | 76.9 (12) | 71.2 (14) | 78.8 (10) | ||
| 12 | – | Adrian Swan | AUS | 5×11+ | 102.5 | 678.4 | 75.377 | 67.6 (10) | 72.1 (12) | 75.1 (=11) | 79.9 (11) | 79.9 (11) | 74.2 (12) | 77.8 (11) | 73.5 (13) | 78.3 (11) | ||
| 13 | – | Kalle Tuulos | FIN | 7×13+ | 110.5 | 659.4 | 73.266 | 60.5 (14) | 74.2 (11) | 75.1 (=11) | 76.9 (13) | 76.1 (13) | 72.0 (13) | 69.7 (14) | 79.8 (9) | 75.1 (12) | ||
| 14 | – | György Czakó | HUN | 5×13+ | 118.0 | 640.1 | 71.122 | 62.4 (12) | 66.7 (14) | 68.7 (14) | 79.2 (12) | 72.2 (14) | 66.4 (14) | 74.6 (13) | 74.9 (12) | 75.0 (13) |
Free Skating (21 February 1952 — 19:00)
Free Skating points computed by multiplying Free Skating score by 7.0.
| Judge #1 | Alex Krupy | USA |
|---|---|---|
| Judge #2 | Theo Klemm | GER |
| Judge #3 | Bruno Bonfiglio | ITA |
| Judge #4 | Franz Wojtanowskyj | AUT |
| Judge #5 | Sven Sørensen | DEN |
| Judge #6 | Norman Gregory | CAN |
| Judge #7 | Martti Gyldén | FIN |
| Judge #8 | Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques | FRA |
| Judge #9 | László Szollás | HUN |
| Pos | Ord | Skater | NOC | Maj. Placements | Ordinals | Reduced | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | Judge #6 | Judge #7 | Judge #8 | Judge #9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Dick Button | USA | 9×1+ | 9.0 | 730.1 | 81.122 | 80.5 (1) | 80.5 (1) | 80.5 (1) | 80.5 (1) | 82.6 (1) | 81.9 (1) | 81.9 (1) | 81.2 (1) | 80.5 (1) | ||
| 2 | – | Jim Grogan | USA | 8×2+ | 19.0 | 700.0 | 77.777 | 79.1 (2) | 77.7 (2) | 77.7 (2) | 77.7 (2) | 75.6 (2) | 77.7 (2) | 77.7 (3) | 79.1 (2) | 77.7 (2) | ||
| 3 | – | Hayes Jenkins | USA | 8×3+ | 26.5 | 693.7 | 77.077 | 77.7 (3) | 76.3 (3) | 77.7 (3) | 77.0 (3) | 74.9 (=3) | 77.0 (3) | 79.1 (2) | 79.1 (3) | 74.9 (3) | ||
| 4 | – | Peter Firstbrook | CAN | 6×5+ | 47.0 | 667.1 | 74.122 | 72.8 (7) | 74.2 (5) | 72.1 (=6) | 72.8 (6) | 73.5 (5) | 76.3 (4) | 75.6 (5) | 75.6 (=4) | 74.2 (4) | ||
| 5 | – | Helmut Seibt | AUT | 5×6+ | 51.0 | 663.6 | 73.733 | 72.1 (8) | 74.2 (4) | 72.8 (5) | 74.9 (4) | 74.9 (=3) | 74.2 (7) | 73.5 (=6) | 73.5 (7) | 73.5 (6) | ||
| 6 | – | Carlo Fassi | ITA | 6×6+ | 52.0 | 662.9 | 73.655 | 73.5 (6) | 72.8 (6) | 75.6 (4) | 74.2 (5) | 70.7 (7) | 75.6 (6) | 73.5 (=6) | 75.6 (=4) | 71.4 (7) | 1 | |
| 7 | – | Alain Giletti | FRA | 6×6+ | 54.0 | 655.9 | 72.877 | 74.2 (4) | 70.7 (8) | 71.4 (8) | 67.2 (8) | 72.1 (6) | 76.3 (5) | 76.3 (4) | 74.2 (6) | 73.5 (5) | 2 | |
| 8 | – | Freimut Stein | GER | 9×8+ | 65.5 | 637.7 | 70.855 | 74.2 (5) | 72.1 (7) | 72.1 (=6) | 70.0 (7) | 66.5 (8) | 72.1 (8) | 72.8 (8) | 67.9 (8) | 70.0 (8) | ||
| 9 | – | Adrian Swan | AUS | 5×9+ | 86.0 | 569.8 | 63.311 | 68.6 (9) | 65.1 (10) | 64.4 (10) | 61.6 (9) | 62.3 (9) | 55.3 (11) | 63.7 (10) | 63.7 (9) | 65.1 (9) | ||
| 10 | – | Kurt Oppelt | AUT | 5×11+ | 100.5 | 550.2 | 61.133 | 60.2 (11) | 63.0 (12) | 63.7 (=11) | 60.2 (10) | 60.2 (12) | 54.6 (13) | 62.3 (11) | 63.0 (10) | 63.0 (10) | ||
| 11 | – | François Pache | SUI | 6×12+ | 101.0 | 554.4 | 61.600 | 57.4 (12) | 66.5 (9) | 65.8 (9) | 56.0 (14) | 61.6 (11) | 65.8 (9) | 60.2 (=12) | 59.5 (=12) | 61.6 (12) | ||
| 12 | – | György Czakó | HUN | 7×12+ | 102.0 | 550.9 | 61.211 | 65.1 (10) | 64.4 (11) | 63.7 (=11) | 58.8 (12) | 58.1 (13) | 55.3 (12) | 64.4 (9) | 59.5 (=12) | 61.6 (11) | ||
| 13 | – | Kalle Tuulos | FIN | 7×13+ | 116.5 | 521.5 | 57.944 | 56.0 (13) | 59.5 (13) | 60.2 (13) | 57.4 (13) | 55.3 (14) | 53.9 (14) | 60.2 (=12) | 60.2 (11) | 58.8 (13) | ||
| 14 | – | Per Cock-Clausen | DEN | 9×14+ | 115.0 | 504.0 | 56.000 | 49.0 (14) | 54.6 (14) | 56.0 (14) | 59.5 (11) | 62.3 (10) | 64.4 (10) | 49.0 (14) | 54.6 (14) | 54.6 (14) |