| | Top level | Event type
Singles, Men – Free Skating
| Date | 11 February 1972 — 18:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo | |
| Format | Free Skating points computed by multiplying Free Skating score by 15.0. | |
| 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 | Competitor | NOC | Majority Placements | Total Ordinals of Majority | Total Ordinals | Total Points | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | Judge #6 | Judge #7 | Judge #8 | Judge #9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergey Chetverukhin | URS | 6×3+ | 13.0 | 28.5 | 1,570.5 | 2.0 (2) | 6.5 (=6) | 3.5 (=2) | 1.0 (1) | 5.5 (=5) | 2.5 (=1) | 3.0 (3) | 1.5 (=1) | 3.0 (=1) | |||
| 2 | John Misha Petkevich | USA | 5×3+ | 11.5 | 28.5 | 1,566.0 | 1.0 (1) | 2.0 (=1) | 3.5 (=2) | 5.5 (=5) | 4.0 (4) | 2.5 (=1) | 4.0 (4) | 3.0 (3) | 3.0 (=1) | |||
| 3 | Ken Shelley | USA | 6×4+ | 12.5 | 32.0 | 1,566.0 | 4.0 (4) | 6.5 (=6) | 1.0 (1) | 3.5 (=3) | 2.5 (=2) | 5.5 (=5) | 1.0 (1) | 1.5 (=1) | 6.5 (=6) | |||
| 4 | Ondrej Nepela | TCH | 6×4+ | 17.0 | 31.5 | 1,563.0 | 5.5 (=5) | 4.5 (=4) | 3.5 (=2) | 3.5 (=3) | 2.5 (=2) | 2.5 (=1) | 2.0 (2) | 4.5 (=4) | 3.0 (=1) | |||
| 5 | Toller Cranston | CAN | 5×4+ | 12.5 | 41.0 | 1,555.5 | 3.0 (3) | 2.0 (=1) | 3.5 (=2) | 5.5 (=5) | 1.0 (1) | 5.5 (=5) | 9.5 (=9) | 8.0 (8) | 3.0 (=1) | |||
| 6 | Yury Ovchinnikov | URS | 5×7+ | 18.5 | 58.0 | 1,540.5 | 8.0 (8) | 4.5 (=4) | 11.0 (11) | 2.0 (2) | 11.0 (=10) | 2.5 (=1) | 9.5 (=9) | 6.5 (=6) | 3.0 (=1) | |||
| 7 | Haig Oundjian | GBR | 6×8+ | 37.5 | 63.5 | 1,542.0 | 7.0 (7) | 2.0 (=1) | 9.0 (9) | 7.5 (=7) | 7.5 (=7) | 8.0 (=7) | 7.0 (7) | 9.0 (9) | 6.5 (=6) | |||
| 8 | Patrick Péra | FRA | 5×8+ | 33.0 | 73.0 | 1,531.5 | 5.5 (=5) | 8.5 (=8) | 6.5 (=6) | 11.0 (11) | 7.5 (=7) | 8.0 (=7) | 5.5 (=5) | 11.5 (=11) | 9.0 (=8) | |||
| 9 | Gordie McKellen, Jr. | USA | 7×9+ | 55.0 | 77.0 | 1,530.0 | 10.0 (10) | 8.5 (=8) | 8.0 (8) | 12.0 (12) | 9.0 (9) | 8.0 (=7) | 8.0 (8) | 4.5 (=4) | 9.0 (=8) | |||
| 10 | Jan Hoffmann | GDR | 6×9+ | 42.0 | 73.0 | 1,537.5 | 11.0 (11) | 10.0 (10) | 6.5 (=6) | 9.0 (9) | 5.5 (=5) | 10.0 (10) | 5.5 (=5) | 6.5 (=6) | 9.0 (=8) | |||
| 11 | Vladimir Kovalyov | URS | 5×11+ | 52.0 | 100.5 | 1,503.0 | 13.0 (13) | 12.0 (12) | 10.0 (10) | 10.0 (10) | 11.0 (=10) | 11.5 (=11) | 11.0 (11) | 10.0 (10) | 12.0 (12) | |||
| 12 | John Curry | GBR | 6×12+ | 62.0 | 102.5 | 1,497.0 | 9.0 (9) | 13.5 (=13) | 12.0 (12) | 7.5 (=7) | 11.0 (=10) | 11.5 (=11) | 14.0 (14) | 13.0 (13) | 11.0 (11) | |||
| 13 | Didier Gailhaguet | FRA | 7×13+ | 85.5 | 113.0 | 1,471.5 | 12.0 (12) | 11.0 (11) | 14.0 (14) | 13.0 (13) | 13.0 (13) | 13.0 (13) | 12.0 (12) | 11.5 (=11) | 13.5 (=13) | |||
| 14 | Jacques Mrozek | FRA | 8×14+ | 109.0 | 124.0 | 1,450.5 | 14.0 (14) | 13.5 (=13) | 13.0 (13) | 14.0 (14) | 14.0 (14) | 14.0 (14) | 13.0 (13) | 15.0 (15) | 13.5 (=13) | |||
| 15 | Yutaka Higuchi | JPN | 9×16+ | 138.5 | 138.5 | 1,371.0 | 15.0 (15) | 15.5 (=15) | 15.0 (15) | 16.0 (16) | 16.0 (16) | 15.0 (15) | 16.0 (16) | 14.0 (14) | 16.0 (16) | |||
| 16 | Günter Anderl | AUT | 9×16+ | 139.5 | 139.5 | 1,374.0 | 16.0 (16) | 15.5 (=15) | 16.0 (16) | 15.0 (15) | 15.0 (15) | 16.0 (16) | 15.0 (15) | 16.0 (16) | 15.0 (15) | |||
| 17 | Gheorghe Fazekaș |  ROU | 9×17+ | 153.0 | 153.0 | 1,212.0 | 17.0 (17) | 17.0 (17) | 17.0 (17) | 17.0 (17) | 17.0 (17) | 17.0 (17) | 17.0 (17) | 17.0 (17) | 17.0 (17) |