<page_title> List of Olympic medalists in figure skating by age </page_title> <section_title> Men's singles </section_title> <table> <cell> Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela <col_header> Nation & Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1972 Sapporo <col_header> Games </col_header> </cell> <cell> Gold <col_header> Medal </col_header> </cell> <cell> Soviet Union Sergei Chetverukhin <col_header> Nation & Name </col_header> </cell> </table>
Ondrej Nepela finished ahead of the Soviet Union's, Sergei Chetverukhin and won the gold medal in the 1972 male figure skating in Olympics.