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
Venue	Blyth Arena Squaw Valley, California, United States
Dates	February 24 February 26
Competitors	19 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.