| | Top level | Event type
Singles, Men – Short Program
| Date | 19 February 1980 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Olympic Field House International Ice Rink, Lake Placid | |
| Format | Short Program points computed by multiplying total score for Short Program by 0.4. | |
| Judge #1 | Alice Pinos |  CAN |
| Judge #2 | Walburga Grimm |  GDR |
| Judge #3 | Tatyana Danilenko |  URS |
| Judge #4 | Ramona McIntyre |  USA |
| Judge #5 | Alain Calmat |  FRA |
| Judge #6 | Britta Lindgren |  SWE |
| Judge #7 | Sally-Anne Stapleford |  GBR |
| Judge #8 | Elfriede Beyer |  FRG |
| Judge #9 | Tsukasa Kimura |  JPN |
| 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 | Robin Cousins | GBR | 9×1+ | 9.0 | 9.0 | 42.24 | 11.9 (1) | 11.7 (1) | 11.8 (1) | 11.6 (1) | 11.7 (1) | 11.7 (1) | 11.7 (1) | 11.7 (1) | 11.8 (1) | |||
| 2 | Jan Hoffmann | GDR | 7×2+ | 22.0 | 14.0 | 41.16 | 11.4 (5) | 11.5 (2) | 11.6 (2) | 11.4 (2) | 11.3 (3) | 11.4 (2) | 11.3 (2) | 11.6 (2) | 11.4 (2) | |||
| 3 | David Santee | USA | 6×3+ | 29.0 | 16.0 | 40.68 | 11.6 (2) | 11.4 (4) | 11.4 (4) | 11.2 (3) | 11.4 (2) | 11.0 (5) | 11.2 (3) | 11.2 (=3) | 11.3 (3) | |||
| 4 | Scott Hamilton | USA | 6×4+ | 39.0 | 23.0 | 40.36 | 11.5 (4) | 11.3 (5) | 11.3 (=5) | 11.1 (4) | 11.2 (4) | 11.1 (3) | 11.2 (4) | 11.0 (6) | 11.2 (4) | |||
| 5 | Charlie Tickner | USA | 6×5+ | 46.0 | 24.0 | 40.20 | 11.5 (3) | 11.5 (3) | 11.5 (3) | 11.1 (5) | 11.1 (5) | 11.0 (6) | 10.6 (9) | 11.1 (5) | 11.1 (7) | |||
| 6 | Igor Bobrin | URS | 5×5+ | 48.0 | 22.0 | 39.84 | 10.9 (6) | 11.1 (6) | 11.3 (=5) | 10.7 (7) | 11.0 (7) | 11.1 (4) | 11.2 (5) | 11.2 (=3) | 11.1 (=5) | |||
| 7 | Mitsuru Matsumura | JPN | 8×7+ | 63.0 | 52.0 | 38.84 | 10.2 (11) | 10.9 (7) | 10.9 (7) | 10.8 (6) | 11.0 (6) | 10.8 (7) | 10.6 (7) | 10.8 (7) | 11.1 (=5) | |||
| 8 | Fumio Igarashi | JPN | 5×8+ | 79.0 | 39.0 | 38.32 | 10.7 (=7) | 10.6 (=10) | 10.6 (=10) | 10.7 (8) | 10.6 (10) | 10.8 (8) | 10.6 (8) | 10.4 (10) | 10.8 (8) | |||
| 9 | Hermann Schulz | GDR | 8×9+ | 77.0 | 67.0 | 38.08 | 10.3 (10) | 10.8 (8) | 10.7 (=8) | 10.4 (9) | 10.6 (9) | 10.3 (9) | 10.8 (6) | 10.6 (9) | 10.7 (9) | |||
| 10 | Jean-Christophe Simond | FRA | 7×10+ | 85.0 | 63.0 | 37.64 | 10.7 (=7) | 10.6 (=10) | 10.6 (=10) | 9.8 (11) | 10.9 (8) | 10.2 (10) | 10.3 (10) | 10.7 (8) | 10.3 (11) | |||
| 11 | Konstantin Kokora | URS | 5×10+ | 90.0 | 46.0 | 37.08 | 10.3 (9) | 10.7 (9) | 10.7 (=8) | 10.2 (10) | 10.1 (11) | 10.0 (11) | 10.2 (11) | 10.0 (11) | 10.5 (10) | |||
| 12 | Brian Pockar | CAN | 9×12+ | 108.0 | 108.0 | 35.92 | 9.9 (12) | 10.1 (12) | 10.1 (12) | 9.7 (12) | 9.8 (12) | 9.9 (12) | 10.1 (12) | 9.9 (12) | 10.3 (12) | |||
| 13 | Rudi Cerne | FRG | 8×13+ | 118.0 | 104.0 | 32.84 | 9.3 (13) | 9.6 (13) | 9.2 (13) | 8.8 (13) | 8.9 (14) | 8.9 (13) | 8.6 (13) | 9.3 (13) | 9.5 (13) | |||
| 14 | Thomaz Öberg | SWE | 7×14+ | 127.0 | 97.0 | 31.52 | 8.6 (14) | 9.0 (15) | 9.0 (14) | 8.7 (14) | 9.0 (13) | 8.8 (14) | 8.0 (15) | 8.8 (14) | 8.9 (14) | |||
| 15 | Christopher Howarth | GBR | 9×15+ | 133.0 | 133.0 | 30.68 | 8.2 (15) | 9.4 (14) | 9.0 (15) | 8.1 (15) | 8.5 (15) | 8.8 (15) | 8.1 (14) | 7.9 (15) | 8.7 (15) | |||
| 16 | Xu Zhaoxiao |  CHN | 9×16+ | 144.0 | 144.0 | 24.24 | 5.7 (16) | 6.8 (16) | 7.1 (16) | 6.7 (16) | 6.7 (16) | 6.9 (16) | 6.0 (16) | 7.1 (16) | 7.6 (16) |