Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

Men's single skating was contested during the figure skating events at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

This men's Olympic event was last where the 6.0 system was used.

This individual event was structured in a similar manner to the pairs event, with a short program and a free skating. 28 skaters entered the short program, but only the top 24 competitors continued to the free skating.

The 1998 Olympic champion Ilia Kulik from Russia did not defend his title. Evgeni Plushenko from Russia was the reigning World Champion and also competed in Salt Lake City.

Russia earned the second gold in figure skating at the 2002 games after two medal events.

Short Program
Short Program of men's single skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held on February 12.

Free Skating
Free Skating of men's single skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held on February 14.

Total
Alexei Yagudin won gold medal with 1.5 points (0.5 for SP and 1.0 for FS), Evgeni Plushenko became the silver medalist (4.0 points) and Timothy Goebel became bronze medalist (4.5 points). Takeshi Honda from Japan was second after the short program but became fourth in his free program and dropped to the fourth overall place.

Officials
Referee:


 * International_Skating_Union.svg Sally-Anne Stapleford

Assistant Referee:


 * International_Skating_Union.svg Junko Hiramatsu

Judges:


 * 🇦🇺 Wendy Langton
 * 🇫🇮 Merja Kosonen
 * 🇺🇸 Janet Allen
 * 🇷🇴 Nicolae Bellu
 * 🇺🇦 Yuri Kliushnikov
 * 🇩🇪 Volker Waldeck
 * 🇧🇬 Alexander Penchev
 * 🇯🇵 Mieko Fujimori
 * 🇦🇿 Evgenia Bogdanova
 * 🇨🇿 Jarmila Portová (substitute)