| | Top level | Event type
Singles, Men – Compulsory Figures
| Date | 8 – 9 February 1972 — 09:00 (8/2), 09:30 (9/2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Mikaho Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo | |
| Format | Six Compulsory Figures. Final Compulsory Figure points computed by multiplying score for Figures #1 and #2 by four, Figures #3 and #4 by five, and Figures #5 and #6 by six. | |
| Judge #1 | Monique Georgelin |  FRA |
| Judge #2 | Helga von Wiecki |  GDR |
| Judge #3 | Donald Cruikshank |  CAN |
| Judge #4 | Mollie Phillips |  GBR |
| Judge #5 | Walter Malek |  AUT |
| Judge #6 | Emil Skákala |  TCH |
| Judge #7 | Goro Ishimaru |  JPN |
| Judge #8 | Dora May Coy |  USA |
| Judge #9 | Tatyana Danilenko |  URS |
| Pos | Skater | NOC | Maj. Placements | Ordinals | Maj. Ordinals | Points | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | Judge #6 | Judge #7 | Judge #8 | Judge #9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ondrej Nepela | TCH | 9×1+ | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1,176.1 | 129.9 (1) | 132.7 (1) | 128.1 (1) | 132.0 (1) | 129.5 (1) | 132.6 (1) | 130.5 (1) | 129.1 (1) | 131.7 (1) | |||
| 2 | Patrick Péra | FRA | 7×2+ | 20.0 | 14.0 | 1,121.6 | 127.5 (2) | 123.3 (3) | 125.2 (2) | 121.8 (2) | 125.4 (2) | 123.7 (2) | 126.8 (2) | 123.1 (2) | 124.8 (3) | |||
| 3 | Sergey Chetverukhin | URS | 8×3+ | 26.0 | 22.0 | 1,101.9 | 121.2 (3) | 123.5 (2) | 123.4 (3) | 113.4 (4) | 124.2 (3) | 123.2 (3) | 125.8 (3) | 120.5 (3) | 126.7 (2) | |||
| 4 | Jan Hoffmann | GDR | 5×5+ | 55.0 | 21.0 | 1,030.1 | 110.5 (8) | 121.1 (4) | 109.7 (10) | 112.4 (7) | 118.9 (4) | 115.2 (4) | 115.5 (4) | 110.1 (9) | 116.7 (5) | |||
| 5 | Ken Shelley | USA | 5×5+ | 48.5 | 24.0 | 1,030.0 | 115.3 (6) | 112.9 (6) | 117.2 (4) | 112.7 (5) | 113.4 (5) | 115.0 (5) | 112.9 (=6) | 117.2 (5) | 113.4 (6) | |||
| 6 | John Misha Petkevich | USA | 5×6+ | 54.0 | 24.0 | 1,025.5 | 116.1 (4) | 111.3 (8) | 116.8 (5) | 109.8 (8) | 112.2 (7) | 113.9 (6) | 114.5 (5) | 118.3 (4) | 112.6 (7) | |||
| 7 | Vladimir Kovalyov | URS | 6×7+ | 61.5 | 36.5 | 1,018.6 | 115.5 (5) | 112.5 (7) | 110.8 (8) | 109.6 (9) | 111.9 (8) | 113.5 (7) | 112.9 (=6) | 113.8 (7) | 118.1 (4) | |||
| 8 | John Curry | GBR | 5×7+ | 62.5 | 27.5 | 1,015.2 | 112.5 (7) | 115.2 (5) | 112.7 (=6) | 117.1 (3) | 113.1 (6) | 110.8 (9) | 109.3 (9) | 112.9 (8) | 111.6 (9) | |||
| 9 | Haig Oundjian | GBR | 5×8+ | 75.5 | 36.5 | 996.8 | 108.7 (10) | 108.7 (10) | 112.7 (=6) | 112.5 (6) | 111.1 (9) | 111.3 (8) | 110.1 (8) | 110.0 (10) | 111.7 (8) | |||
| 10 | Gordie McKellen, Jr. | USA | 8×11+ | 94.0 | 79.0 | 981.0 | 108.3 (11) | 108.9 (9) | 108.8 (11) | 107.6 (10) | 105.5 (15) | 108.9 (11) | 108.2 (10) | 115.1 (6) | 109.7 (11) | |||
| 11 | Didier Gailhaguet | FRA | 5×11+ | 102.0 | 50.0 | 969.4 | 110.3 (9) | 105.6 (14) | 106.4 (13) | 105.0 (13) | 108.8 (10) | 109.0 (10) | 107.6 (12) | 106.5 (11) | 110.2 (10) | |||
| 12 | Toller Cranston | CAN | 7×13+ | 110.0 | 82.5 | 961.7 | 104.4 (14) | 107.3 (11) | 109.9 (9) | 106.1 (12) | 105.6 (=13) | 106.5 (12) | 106.6 (13) | 106.0 (13) | 109.3 (=12) | |||
| 13 | Jacques Mrozek | FRA | 5×13+ | 122.0 | 61.0 | 950.8 | 107.6 (12) | 106.7 (13) | 107.0 (12) | 103.3 (15) | 106.8 (11) | 105.6 (13) | 104.2 (16) | 101.9 (15) | 107.7 (15) | |||
| 14 | Günter Anderl | AUT | 6×14+ | 129.0 | 81.5 | 939.6 | 103.8 (15) | 106.9 (12) | 100.0 (=16) | 104.9 (14) | 105.6 (=13) | 104.3 (14) | 106.2 (14) | 100.0 (16) | 107.9 (14) | |||
| 15 | Yury Ovchinnikov | URS | 7×15+ | 128.5 | 96.5 | 937.0 | 105.4 (13) | 104.0 (16) | 102.6 (15) | 99.5 (16) | 105.7 (12) | 103.6 (15) | 104.4 (15) | 102.5 (14) | 109.3 (=12) | |||
| 16 | Yutaka Higuchi | JPN | 5×15+ | 127.0 | 63.0 | 938.7 | 99.2 (16) | 104.1 (15) | 105.8 (14) | 106.2 (11) | 100.9 (16) | 101.1 (16) | 107.7 (11) | 106.1 (12) | 107.6 (16) | |||
| 17 | Gheorghe Fazekaș |  ROU | 9×17+ | 152.5 | 152.5 | 882.0 | 95.9 (17) | 95.6 (17) | 100.0 (=16) | 94.8 (17) | 97.9 (17) | 99.2 (17) | 99.0 (17) | 97.6 (17) | 102.0 (17) |