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

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.

Men's singles
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueBlyth Arena
Squaw Valley, California, United States
Dates24 February
26 February
Competitors19 from 10 nations
Medalists
David Jenkins  United States
Karol Divín  Czechoslovakia
Donald Jackson  Canada

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.[1]

Results
Pl. Name Nation MP TOOM TO TP CFP
1 David Jenkins United States8x1+8.010.01440.2775.2
2 Karol Divín Czechoslovakia5x2+9.022.01414.3797.7
3 Donald Jackson Canada5x3+14.031.01401.0751.4
4 Alain Giletti France7x4+21.031.01399.2762.7
5 Tim Brown United States7x5+31.043.01374.1748.9
6 Alain Calmat France7x6+40.054.01340.3725.2
7 Robert Brewer United States5x7+33.066.01320.3724.6
8 Manfred Schnelldorfer United Team of Germany5x8+37.075.01303.3718.4
9 Tilo Gutzeit United Team of Germany7x9+61.086.01274.0706.7
10 Donald McPherson Canada8x10+72.083.01279.7676.0
11 Hubert Köpfler Switzerland6x12+71.0114.01217.0668.1
12 Robin Jones Great Britain6x13+69.0113.01220.4653.1
13 Peter Jonas Austria6x13+70.0115.01213.2665.4
14 Nobuo Sato Japan8x14+105.0120.01206.8678.0
15 David Clements Great Britain6x16+84.0135.01174.7625.6
16 Bodo Bockenauer United Team of Germany6x16+86.0137.01162.2612.9
17 Tim Spencer Australia6x16+91.0142.01171.2612.3
18 Bill Cherrell Australia9x18+162.0162.01042.2553.8
WD Norbert Felsinger AustriaDNF

Referee:

  • Rudolf Marx

Assistant Referee:

  • Harold G. Storke

Judges:

  • Franz Wojtanowskyj
  • John Greig
  • Emil Skákala
  • Gérard Rodrigues Henriques
  • Theo Klemm
  • Geoffrey S. Yates
  • Shotaro Kobayashi
  • Emile Finsterwald
  • Deane McMinn

References
  1. "Figure Skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics: Singles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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