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1998 Skate America

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1998 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 29 – November 1
Season:1998–99
Location:Detroit, Michigan
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Joe Louis Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Alexei Yagudin
Ladies' singles:
Russia Maria Butyrskaya
Pairs:
Russia Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze
Ice dance:
France Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat
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The 1998 Skate America was the first event of six in the 1998–99 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on October 29 – November 1. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1998–99 Grand Prix Final.

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Alexei Yagudin  Russia 1.5 1 1
2 Michael Weiss  United States 3.5 3 2
3 Alexei Urmanov  Russia 5.0 4 3
4 Elvis Stojko  Canada 5.0 2 4
5 Derrick Delmore  United States 7.5 5 5
6 Laurent Tobel  France 9.0 6 6
7 Michael Hopfes  Germany 11.0 8 7
8 Yamato Tamura  Japan 11.5 7 8
9 Shepherd Clark  United States 14.5 9 10
10 Jean-Francois Hebert  Canada 15.0 12 9
11 Frédéric Dambier  France 16.0 10 11
12 Yourii Litvinov  Kazakhstan 17.5 11 12

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Maria Butyrskaya  Russia 1.5 1 1
2 Elena Sokolova  Russia 3.5 3 2
3 Angela Nikodinov  United States 4.0 2 3
4 Nicole Bobek  United States 6.0 4 4
5 Tatijana Malinina  Uzbekistan 7.5 5 5
6 Anna Rechnio  Poland 9.0 6 6
7 Brittney McConn  United States 10.5 7 7
8 Jennifer Robinson  Canada 12.0 8 8
9 Shizuka Arakawa  Japan 14.5 10 9
10 Silvia Fontana  Italy 14.5 9 10

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze  Russia 1.5 1 1
2 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz  Canada 3.0 2 2
3 Victoria Maksuta / Vladislav Zhovnirsky  Russia 5.0 4 3
4 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell  United States 5.5 3 4
5 Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman  United States 8.5 7 5
6 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis  France 8.5 5 6
7 Mariana Khalturina / Andrei Kroukov  Kazakhstan 10.0 6 7
8 Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler  United States 12.0 8 8

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD
1 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat  France 2.0 1 1 1
2 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh  Russia 4.0 2 2 2
3 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio  Italy 6.0 3 3 3
4 Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov  Russia 8.0 4 4 4
5 Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev  United States 10.6 5 6 5
6 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet  Canada 11.4 6 5 6
7 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates  United States 14.0 7 7 7
8 Angelika Fuhring / Bruno Ellinger  Austria 16.0 8 8 8
9 Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto  Japan 18.0 9 9 9
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