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Men's singles at the V Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Olympia Eisstadion Badrutts Park
Dates	2-6 February
Competitors	16 from 10 nations
Medalists
Dick Button  United States Hans Gerschwiler  Switzerland Edi Rada  Austria
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Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Singles	men	ladies
Pairs	mixed
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The men's individual skating event was held as part of the figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics. It was the seventh appearance of the event, which had previously been held twice at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920 and at all four Winter Games from 1924 onward. The competition was held from 2 to 5 February 1948. Sixteen figure skaters from ten nations competed.

Results

Rank	Name	Nation	CF		FS		Total points	Places
1	Dick Button	United States	1	994.7	1		191.177	10
2	Hans Gerschwiler	Switzerland	2	965.1	3		181.122	23
3	Edi Rada	Austria	3	941.0	4		178.133	33
4	John Lettengarver	United States	4	916.3	2		176.400	36
5	Ede Király	Hungary	5	922.1	5		174.400	42
6	James Grogan	United States	9	867.4	6		168.711	62
7	Graham Sharp	Great Britain	6	909.8	8		167.044	67
8	Hellmut May	Austria	7	893.2	7		165.666	68
9	Hellmut Seibt	Austria	8	882.9	12		162.655	79
10	Ladislav Čáp	Czechoslovakia	10	859.0	11		160.233	96
11	Fernand Leemans	Belgium	11	838.0	14		157.822	104
12	Wallace Diestelmeyer	Canada	13	809.1	9		156.322	110
13	Zdeněk Fikar	Czechoslovakia	12	819.0	13		154.155	114
14	Karl Enderlin	Switzerland	14	796.7	10		154.244	110
15	Carlo Fassi	Italy	16	764.9	15		145.966	135
16	Per Cock-Clausen	Denmark	15	785.5	16		145.533	135

Referee:

• Henri Mügeli

Assistant Referee:

• Eugen Kirchhofer

Judges:

• Kenneth M. Beaumont
• Emile Finsterwald
• M. Bernard Fox
• Vladimír Koudelka
• Ernst Labin
• Marcel Nicaise
• Melville F. Rogers
• Sven P. Sørensen
• Elemér Terták
• Bruno Bonfiglio (substitute)

References

1. "Figure Skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics: Singles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

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