The men's singles was one of four events in figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

[1] Sweden's Ulrich Salchow, who had won several World Figure Skating Championships, easily won the gold medal after his main rival, Russia's Nikolai Panin, withdrew either in protest over what he considered unfair judging or due to illness.

[4] Three different skaters received a first-place rank from at least one judge: Thorén had one, Johansson had one, and Salchow had three.

No majority was had for fifth-place, however, as the judges were split 2 for March, 2 for Brokaw, and 1 for Torromé.

March had the fewest total ordinals (at 29, to Brokaw's 30 and Torromé's 31), so placed fifth.