| Event: | Men's singles |
| Games: | 1948 Winter |
| Dates: | 2-6 February |
| 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 |
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.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nation | CF | FS | Total points | Places | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 994.7 | 1 | 191.177 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 965.1 | 3 | 181.122 | 23 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 941.0 | 4 | 178.133 | 33 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 916.3 | 2 | 176.400 | 36 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 922.1 | 5 | 174.400 | 42 | ||||
| 6 | 9 | 867.4 | 6 | 168.711 | 62 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 909.8 | 8 | 167.044 | 67 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 893.2 | 7 | 165.666 | 68 | ||||
| 9 | 8 | 882.9 | 12 | 162.655 | 79 | ||||
| 10 | 10 | 859.0 | 11 | 160.233 | 96 | ||||
| 11 | 11 | 838.0 | 14 | 157.822 | 104 | ||||
| 12 | 13 | 809.1 | 9 | 156.322 | 110 | ||||
| 13 | 12 | 819.0 | 13 | 154.155 | 114 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | 796.7 | 10 | 154.244 | 110 | ||||
| 15 | 16 | 764.9 | 15 | 145.966 | 135 | ||||
| 16 | 15 | 785.5 | 16 | 145.533 | 135 | ||||
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
Kenneth M. Beaumont
M. Bernard Fox
Ernst Labin
Marcel Nicaise
Melville F. Rogers
Elemér Terták
Bruno Bonfiglio (substitute)