Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's singles

|games = 1948 Winter

|image = Figure skating pictogram.svg

|image_size = 80px

|dates = 2–5 February 1948

|venue = Olympia Eisstadion Badrutts Park

|competitors = 16

|nations = 10

|longnames = yes

|gold = Dick Button

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Hans Gerschwiler

|silverNOC = SUI

|bronze = Edi Rada

|bronzeNOC = AUT

|prev = 1936

|next = 1952

}}

{{Short description|none}}

{{Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/12826 |title=Figure Skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics: Singles, Men |work=Olympedia |access-date=2 July 2020}}

Results

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! colspan="2" | CF

! colspan="2" | FS

! Total points

! Places

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Dick Button

{{flagIOC|USA|1948 Winter}}1994.71191.17710
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Hans Gerschwiler

{{flagIOC|SUI|1948 Winter}}2965.13181.12223
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Edi Rada

{{flagIOC|AUT|1948 Winter}}3941.04178.13333
4

| John Lettengarver || {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Winter}} ||4||916.3||2||||176.400||36

5

| Ede Király || {{flagIOC|HUN|1948 Winter}} ||5||922.1||5||||174.400||42

6

| James Grogan || {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Winter}} ||9||867.4||6||||168.711||62

7

| Graham Sharp || {{flagIOC|GBR|1948 Winter}} ||6||909.8||8||||167.044||67

8

| Hellmut May || {{flagIOC|AUT|1948 Winter}} ||7||893.2||7||||165.666||68

9

| Hellmut Seibt || {{flagIOC|AUT|1948 Winter}} ||8||882.9||12||||162.655||79

10

| Ladislav Čáp || {{flagIOC|TCH|1948 Winter}} ||10||859.0||11||||160.233||96

11

| Fernand Leemans || {{flagIOC|BEL|1948 Winter}} ||11||838.0||14||||157.822||104

12

| Wallace Diestelmeyer || {{flagIOC|CAN|1948 Winter}} ||13||809.1||9||||156.322||110

13

| Zdeněk Fikar || {{flagIOC|TCH|1948 Winter}} ||12||819.0||13||||154.155||114

14

| Karl Enderlin || {{flagIOC|SUI|1948 Winter}} ||14||796.7||10||||154.244||110

15

| Carlo Fassi || {{flagIOC|ITA|1948 Winter}} ||16||764.9||15||||145.966||135

16

| Per Cock-Clausen || {{flagIOC|DEN|1948 Winter}} ||15||785.5||16||||145.533||135

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