| | Event type
Singles, Men
| Date | 8 – 11 February 1972 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo / Mikaho Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo | |
| Participants | 17 from 10 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 50% for Compulsory Figures and 50% 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. Ties broken by a Subsequent Majority rule, i.e., if the pairs were ranked for the same position by the same number of judges, Majority Placement for the next higher position for each pair determined who was ranked higher. The tiebreakers were, in order: 1) Number of Majority Placements, 2) Total Ordinals of Majority, 3) Total Ordinals, 4) Total Points, 5) Compulsory Figure Points. | |
| Judge #1 | Monique Georgelin |  FRA |
| Judge #2 | Helga von Wiecki |  GDR |
| Judge #3 | Donald Cruikshank |  CAN |
| Judge #4 | Mollie Phillips |  GBR |
| Judge #5 | Walter Malek |  AUT |
| Judge #6 | Emil Skákala |  TCH |
| Judge #7 | Goro Ishimaru |  JPN |
| Judge #8 | Dora May Coy |  USA |
| Judge #9 | Tatyana Danilenko |  URS |
Czechoslovakia’s Ondrej Nepela had been competing internationally since he was 12-years-old. By the time of Sapporo, he had won the European Championships from 1969-72 (and would win again in 1973), and was the 1971 World Champion. Known for his compulsory figures he won that phase easily, opening a big lead that almost clinched the gold medal. In the free skating he finished fourth, but it was sufficient for him to win the Olympic title. The Soviet skater, Sergey Chetverukhin, won the free skate to win the first Olympic medal in singles for that nation. France’s Patrick Pera, third in 1968, repeated his bronze medal performance, despite finishing eighth in free skating. Nepela later became one of the first gay athletes to be afflicted with AIDS, and would die from complications of the disease in 1989.
| Pos | Skater | NOC | Maj. Placements | Ordinals | Maj. Ordinals | Points | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | Judge #6 | Judge #7 | Judge #8 | Judge #9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ondrej Nepela | TCH | 9×1+ | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2,739.1 | 302.4 (1) | 305.2 (1) | 302.1 (1) | 304.5 (1) | 303.5 (1) | 306.6 (1) | 306.0 (1) | 303.1 (1) | 305.7 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Sergey Chetverukhin | URS | 7×2+ | 20.0 | 14.0 | 2,672.4 | 295.2 (3) | 296.0 (2) | 297.4 (3) | 290.4 (2) | 296.7 (2) | 297.2 (2) | 301.3 (2) | 297.5 (2) | 300.7 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Patrick Péra | FRA | 8×3+ | 28.0 | 22.0 | 2,653.1 | 300.0 (2) | 292.8 (3) | 297.7 (2) | 289.8 (3) | 296.4 (3) | 294.7 (3) | 299.3 (3) | 286.6 (6) | 295.8 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Ken Shelley | USA | 8×5+ | 43.0 | 36.0 | 2,596.0 | 287.8 (5) | 285.4 (5) | 292.7 (4) | 285.2 (5) | 287.4 (5) | 287.5 (5) | 289.9 (4) | 294.2 (3) | 285.9 (7) | |||
| 5 | John Misha Petkevich | USA | 6×5+ | 47.0 | 27.0 | 2,591.5 | 291.6 (4) | 285.3 (6) | 290.8 (5) | 282.3 (8) | 284.7 (6) | 287.9 (4) | 288.5 (5) | 293.8 (4) | 286.6 (5) | |||
| 6 | Jan Hoffmann | GDR | 5×6+ | 55.0 | 24.0 | 2,567.6 | 277.0 (9) | 290.6 (4) | 282.2 (8) | 283.4 (7) | 291.4 (4) | 284.7 (6) | 288.0 (6) | 282.6 (7) | 287.7 (4) | |||
| 7 | Haig Oundjian | GBR | 7×7+ | 65.0 | 48.0 | 2,538.8 | 279.7 (7) | 282.7 (7) | 283.7 (7) | 283.5 (6) | 282.1 (7) | 282.3 (7) | 281.1 (7) | 279.5 (9) | 284.2 (8) | |||
| 8 | Vladimir Kovalyov | URS | 5×9+ | 80.0 | 39.0 | 2,521.6 | 276.0 (10) | 277.5 (11) | 280.3 (10) | 279.1 (9) | 279.9 (10) | 281.5 (8) | 279.4 (8) | 281.8 (8) | 286.1 (6) | |||
| 9 | Toller Cranston | CAN | 9×10+ | 80.5 | 80.5 | 2,517.2 | 278.4 (8) | 281.3 (8) | 283.9 (6) | 278.6 (10) | 281.1 (9) | 279.0 (10) | 274.6 (10) | 277.0 (10) | 283.3 (=9) | |||
| 11 | Gordie McKellen, Jr. | USA | 5×10+ | 89.0 | 42.0 | 2,511.0 | 274.8 (12) | 278.4 (10) | 281.3 (9) | 274.1 (11) | 275.0 (12) | 279.9 (9) | 277.7 (9) | 289.1 (5) | 280.7 (12) | |||
| 10 | John Curry | GBR | 7×11+ | 85.0 | 60.0 | 2,512.2 | 280.5 (6) | 280.2 (9) | 276.2 (11) | 288.1 (4) | 281.1 (8) | 278.8 (11) | 271.3 (13) | 274.9 (12) | 281.1 (11) | |||
| 12 | Yury Ovchinnikov | URS | 8×12+ | 104.5 | 91.5 | 2,477.5 | 274.9 (11) | 276.5 (12) | 270.6 (12) | 273.5 (12) | 273.7 (13) | 277.6 (12) | 272.4 (12) | 275.0 (11) | 283.3 (=9) | |||
| 13 | Didier Gailhaguet | FRA | 8×13+ | 114.0 | 100.0 | 2,440.9 | 272.3 (13) | 272.1 (13) | 263.9 (14) | 267.0 (13) | 275.3 (11) | 272.5 (13) | 272.6 (11) | 270.0 (13) | 275.2 (13) | |||
| 14 | Jacques Mrozek | FRA | 8×14+ | 126.0 | 111.0 | 2,401.3 | 262.1 (14) | 271.7 (14) | 269.0 (13) | 263.8 (14) | 268.8 (14) | 267.6 (14) | 266.2 (14) | 259.4 (15) | 272.7 (14) | |||
| 15 | Günter Anderl | AUT | 6×15+ | 138.0 | 90.0 | 2,313.6 | 243.3 (16) | 261.4 (15) | 242.5 (16) | 262.4 (15) | 263.1 (15) | 252.8 (15) | 265.2 (15) | 251.5 (16) | 271.4 (15) | |||
| 16 | Yutaka Higuchi | JPN | 9×16+ | 140.0 | 140.0 | 2,309.7 | 247.7 (15) | 258.6 (16) | 249.8 (15) | 253.2 (16) | 252.4 (16) | 251.1 (16) | 259.2 (16) | 266.6 (14) | 271.1 (16) | |||
| 17 | Gheorghe Fazekaș |  ROU | 9×17+ | 153.0 | 153.0 | 2,094.0 | 230.9 (17) | 230.6 (17) | 236.5 (17) | 226.8 (17) | 237.4 (17) | 229.7 (17) | 240.0 (17) | 235.6 (17) | 226.5 (17) |
Compulsory Figures (8 – 9 February 1972 — 09:00 (8/2), 09:30 (9/2))
Six Compulsory Figures. Final Compulsory Figure points computed by multiplying score for Figures #1 and #2 by four, Figures #3 and #4 by five, and Figures #5 and #6 by six.
| Judge #1 | Monique Georgelin | FRA |
|---|---|---|
| Judge #2 | Helga von Wiecki | GDR |
| Judge #3 | Donald Cruikshank | CAN |
| Judge #4 | Mollie Phillips | GBR |
| Judge #5 | Walter Malek | AUT |
| Judge #6 | Emil Skákala | TCH |
| Judge #7 | Goro Ishimaru | JPN |
| Judge #8 | Dora May Coy | USA |
| Judge #9 | Tatyana Danilenko | URS |
| Pos | Ord | Skater | NOC | Maj. Placements | Ordinals | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | Judge #6 | Judge #7 | Judge #8 | Judge #9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ondrej Nepela | TCH | 9×1+ | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1,176.1 | 129.9 (1) | 132.7 (1) | 128.1 (1) | 132.0 (1) | 129.5 (1) | 132.6 (1) | 130.5 (1) | 129.1 (1) | 131.7 (1) | ||
| 2 | – | Patrick Péra | FRA | 7×2+ | 20.0 | 14.0 | 1,121.6 | 127.5 (2) | 123.3 (3) | 125.2 (2) | 121.8 (2) | 125.4 (2) | 123.7 (2) | 126.8 (2) | 123.1 (2) | 124.8 (3) | ||
| 3 | – | Sergey Chetverukhin | URS | 8×3+ | 26.0 | 22.0 | 1,101.9 | 121.2 (3) | 123.5 (2) | 123.4 (3) | 113.4 (4) | 124.2 (3) | 123.2 (3) | 125.8 (3) | 120.5 (3) | 126.7 (2) | ||
| 4 | – | Jan Hoffmann | GDR | 5×5+ | 55.0 | 21.0 | 1,030.1 | 110.5 (8) | 121.1 (4) | 109.7 (10) | 112.4 (7) | 118.9 (4) | 115.2 (4) | 115.5 (4) | 110.1 (9) | 116.7 (5) | ||
| 5 | – | Ken Shelley | USA | 5×5+ | 48.5 | 24.0 | 1,030.0 | 115.3 (6) | 112.9 (6) | 117.2 (4) | 112.7 (5) | 113.4 (5) | 115.0 (5) | 112.9 (=6) | 117.2 (5) | 113.4 (6) | ||
| 6 | – | John Misha Petkevich | USA | 5×6+ | 54.0 | 24.0 | 1,025.5 | 116.1 (4) | 111.3 (8) | 116.8 (5) | 109.8 (8) | 112.2 (7) | 113.9 (6) | 114.5 (5) | 118.3 (4) | 112.6 (7) | ||
| 7 | – | Vladimir Kovalyov | URS | 6×7+ | 61.5 | 36.5 | 1,018.6 | 115.5 (5) | 112.5 (7) | 110.8 (8) | 109.6 (9) | 111.9 (8) | 113.5 (7) | 112.9 (=6) | 113.8 (7) | 118.1 (4) | ||
| 8 | – | John Curry | GBR | 5×7+ | 62.5 | 27.5 | 1,015.2 | 112.5 (7) | 115.2 (5) | 112.7 (=6) | 117.1 (3) | 113.1 (6) | 110.8 (9) | 109.3 (9) | 112.9 (8) | 111.6 (9) | ||
| 9 | – | Haig Oundjian | GBR | 5×8+ | 75.5 | 36.5 | 996.8 | 108.7 (10) | 108.7 (10) | 112.7 (=6) | 112.5 (6) | 111.1 (9) | 111.3 (8) | 110.1 (8) | 110.0 (10) | 111.7 (8) | ||
| 10 | – | Gordie McKellen, Jr. | USA | 8×11+ | 94.0 | 79.0 | 981.0 | 108.3 (11) | 108.9 (9) | 108.8 (11) | 107.6 (10) | 105.5 (15) | 108.9 (11) | 108.2 (10) | 115.1 (6) | 109.7 (11) | ||
| 11 | – | Didier Gailhaguet | FRA | 5×11+ | 102.0 | 50.0 | 969.4 | 110.3 (9) | 105.6 (14) | 106.4 (13) | 105.0 (13) | 108.8 (10) | 109.0 (10) | 107.6 (12) | 106.5 (11) | 110.2 (10) | ||
| 12 | – | Toller Cranston | CAN | 7×13+ | 110.0 | 82.5 | 961.7 | 104.4 (14) | 107.3 (11) | 109.9 (9) | 106.1 (12) | 105.6 (=13) | 106.5 (12) | 106.6 (13) | 106.0 (13) | 109.3 (=12) | ||
| 13 | – | Jacques Mrozek | FRA | 5×13+ | 122.0 | 61.0 | 950.8 | 107.6 (12) | 106.7 (13) | 107.0 (12) | 103.3 (15) | 106.8 (11) | 105.6 (13) | 104.2 (16) | 101.9 (15) | 107.7 (15) | ||
| 14 | – | Günter Anderl | AUT | 6×14+ | 129.0 | 81.5 | 939.6 | 103.8 (15) | 106.9 (12) | 100.0 (=16) | 104.9 (14) | 105.6 (=13) | 104.3 (14) | 106.2 (14) | 100.0 (16) | 107.9 (14) | ||
| 15 | – | Yury Ovchinnikov | URS | 7×15+ | 128.5 | 96.5 | 937.0 | 105.4 (13) | 104.0 (16) | 102.6 (15) | 99.5 (16) | 105.7 (12) | 103.6 (15) | 104.4 (15) | 102.5 (14) | 109.3 (=12) | ||
| 16 | – | Yutaka Higuchi | JPN | 5×15+ | 127.0 | 63.0 | 938.7 | 99.2 (16) | 104.1 (15) | 105.8 (14) | 106.2 (11) | 100.9 (16) | 101.1 (16) | 107.7 (11) | 106.1 (12) | 107.6 (16) | ||
| 17 | – | Gheorghe Fazekaș | ROU | 9×17+ | 152.5 | 152.5 | 882.0 | 95.9 (17) | 95.6 (17) | 100.0 (=16) | 94.8 (17) | 97.9 (17) | 99.2 (17) | 99.0 (17) | 97.6 (17) | 102.0 (17) |
Free Skating (11 February 1972 — 18:00)
Free Skating points computed by multiplying Free Skating score by 15.0.
| Judge #1 | Monique Georgelin | FRA |
|---|---|---|
| Judge #2 | Helga von Wiecki | GDR |
| Judge #3 | Donald Cruikshank | CAN |
| Judge #4 | Mollie Phillips | GBR |
| Judge #5 | Walter Malek | AUT |
| Judge #6 | Emil Skákala | TCH |
| Judge #7 | Goro Ishimaru | JPN |
| Judge #8 | Dora May Coy | USA |
| Judge #9 | Tatyana Danilenko | URS |
| Pos | Ord | Skater | NOC | Maj. Placements | Ordinals | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | Judge #6 | Judge #7 | Judge #8 | Judge #9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Sergey Chetverukhin | URS | 6×3+ | 28.5 | 13.0 | 1,570.5 | 174.0 (2) | 172.5 (=6) | 174.0 (=2) | 177.0 (1) | 172.5 (=5) | 174.0 (=1) | 175.5 (3) | 177.0 (=1) | 174.0 (=1) | ||
| 2 | – | John Misha Petkevich | USA | 5×3+ | 28.5 | 11.5 | 1,566.0 | 175.5 (1) | 174.0 (=1) | 174.0 (=2) | 172.5 (=5) | 172.5 (4) | 174.0 (=1) | 174.0 (4) | 175.5 (3) | 174.0 (=1) | ||
| 3 | – | Ken Shelley | USA | 6×4+ | 32.0 | 12.5 | 1,566.0 | 172.5 (4) | 172.5 (=6) | 175.5 (1) | 172.5 (=3) | 174.0 (=2) | 172.5 (=5) | 177.0 (1) | 177.0 (=1) | 172.5 (=6) | ||
| 4 | – | Ondrej Nepela | TCH | 6×4+ | 31.5 | 17.0 | 1,563.0 | 172.5 (=5) | 172.5 (=4) | 174.0 (=2) | 172.5 (=3) | 174.0 (=2) | 174.0 (=1) | 175.5 (2) | 174.0 (=4) | 174.0 (=1) | ||
| 5 | – | Toller Cranston | CAN | 5×4+ | 41.0 | 12.5 | 1,555.5 | 174.0 (3) | 174.0 (=1) | 174.0 (=2) | 172.5 (=5) | 175.5 (1) | 172.5 (=5) | 168.0 (=9) | 171.0 (8) | 174.0 (=1) | ||
| 6 | – | Yury Ovchinnikov | URS | 5×7+ | 58.0 | 18.5 | 1,540.5 | 169.5 (8) | 172.5 (=4) | 168.0 (11) | 174.0 (2) | 168.0 (=10) | 174.0 (=1) | 168.0 (=9) | 172.5 (=6) | 174.0 (=1) | ||
| 7 | – | Haig Oundjian | GBR | 6×8+ | 63.5 | 37.5 | 1,542.0 | 171.0 (7) | 174.0 (=1) | 171.0 (9) | 171.0 (=7) | 171.0 (=7) | 171.0 (=7) | 171.0 (7) | 169.5 (9) | 172.5 (=6) | ||
| 8 | – | Patrick Péra | FRA | 5×8+ | 73.0 | 33.0 | 1,531.5 | 172.5 (=5) | 169.5 (=8) | 172.5 (=6) | 168.0 (11) | 171.0 (=7) | 171.0 (=7) | 172.5 (=5) | 163.5 (=11) | 171.0 (=8) | ||
| 9 | – | Gordie McKellen, Jr. | USA | 7×9+ | 77.0 | 55.0 | 1,530.0 | 166.5 (10) | 169.5 (=8) | 172.5 (8) | 166.5 (12) | 169.5 (9) | 171.0 (=7) | 169.5 (8) | 174.0 (=4) | 171.0 (=8) | ||
| 10 | – | Jan Hoffmann | GDR | 6×9+ | 73.0 | 42.0 | 1,537.5 | 166.5 (11) | 169.5 (10) | 172.5 (=6) | 171.0 (9) | 172.5 (=5) | 169.5 (10) | 172.5 (=5) | 172.5 (=6) | 171.0 (=8) | ||
| 11 | – | Vladimir Kovalyov | URS | 5×11+ | 100.5 | 52.0 | 1,503.0 | 160.5 (13) | 165.0 (12) | 169.5 (10) | 169.5 (10) | 168.0 (=10) | 168.0 (=11) | 166.5 (11) | 168.0 (10) | 168.0 (12) | ||
| 12 | – | John Curry | GBR | 6×12+ | 102.5 | 62.0 | 1,497.0 | 168.0 (9) | 165.0 (=13) | 163.5 (12) | 171.0 (=7) | 168.0 (=10) | 168.0 (=11) | 162.0 (14) | 162.0 (13) | 169.5 (11) | ||
| 13 | – | Didier Gailhaguet | FRA | 7×13+ | 113.0 | 85.5 | 1,471.5 | 162.0 (12) | 166.5 (11) | 157.5 (14) | 162.0 (13) | 166.5 (13) | 163.5 (13) | 165.0 (12) | 163.5 (=11) | 165.0 (=13) | ||
| 14 | – | Jacques Mrozek | FRA | 8×14+ | 124.0 | 109.0 | 1,450.5 | 154.5 (14) | 165.0 (=13) | 162.0 (13) | 160.5 (14) | 162.0 (14) | 162.0 (14) | 162.0 (13) | 157.5 (15) | 165.0 (=13) | ||
| 15 | – | Yutaka Higuchi | JPN | 9×16+ | 138.5 | 138.5 | 1,371.0 | 148.5 (15) | 154.5 (=15) | 144.0 (15) | 147.0 (16) | 151.5 (16) | 150.0 (15) | 151.5 (16) | 160.5 (14) | 163.5 (16) | ||
| 16 | – | Günter Anderl | AUT | 9×16+ | 139.5 | 139.5 | 1,374.0 | 139.5 (16) | 154.5 (=15) | 142.5 (16) | 157.5 (15) | 157.5 (15) | 148.5 (16) | 159.0 (15) | 151.5 (16) | 163.5 (15) | ||
| 17 | – | Gheorghe Fazekaș | ROU | 9×17+ | 153.0 | 153.0 | 1,212.0 | 135.0 (17) | 135.0 (17) | 136.5 (17) | 132.0 (17) | 139.5 (17) | 130.5 (17) | 141.0 (17) | 138.0 (17) | 124.5 (17) |