Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueBlyth Arena
Squaw Valley, California, United States
DatesFebruary 24
February 26
Competitors19 from 10 nations
Medalists
 David Jenkins  United States
 Karol Divín  Czechoslovakia
 Donald Jackson  Canada

The men's single skating competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at the Blyth Arena in Squaw Valley, California, United States. The compulsory figures section took place on Wednesday 24 February 1960 with the free skating section concluding the event two days later. Each judge ranked each skater by Ordinal Placement from first to last place. If a skater was ranked first by a majority of the judges, that skater was placed first overall, this process was repeated for each place. If more than one skater had a majority ranking for the same position then a series of tiebreaks were in place, indicated in order in the result section.

David Jenkins won gold for the United States succeeding his older brother Hayes Alan Jenkins. Karol Divín of Czecholslovakia took silver after leading after the compulsory section.

Results

Pl. Name Nation MP TOOM TO TP CFP
1 David Jenkins United States 8x1+ 8.010.01440.2775.2
2 Karol Divín Czechoslovakia 5x2+ 9.022.01414.3797.7
3 Donald Jackson Canada 5x3+ 14.031.01401.0751.4
4 Alain Giletti France 7x4+ 21.031.01399.2762.7
5 Tim Brown United States 7x5+ 31.043.01374.1748.9
6 Alain Calmat France 7x6+ 40.054.01340.3725.2
7 Robert Brewer United States 5x7+ 33.066.01320.3724.6
8 Manfred Schnelldorfer United Team of Germany 5x8+ 37.075.01303.3718.4
9 Tilo Gutzeit United Team of Germany 7x9+ 61.086.01274.0706.7
10 Donald McPherson Canada 8x10+ 72.083.01279.7676.0
11 Hubert Köpfler Switzerland 6x12+ 71.0114.01217.0668.1
12 Robin Jones Great Britain 6x13+ 69.0113.01220.4653.1
13 Peter Jonas Austria 6x13+ 70.0115.01213.2665.4
14 Nobuo Sato Japan 8x14+ 105.0120.01206.8678.0
15 David Clements Great Britain 6x16+ 84.0135.01174.7625.6
16 Bodo Bockenauer United Team of Germany 6x16+ 86.0137.01162.2612.9
17 Tim Spencer Australia 6x16+ 91.0142.01171.2612.3
18 William Cherrell Australia 9x18+ 162.0162.01042.2553.8
WD Norbert Felsinger Austria DNF

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