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1997 Skate America

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1997 Skate America was a Grand Prix competition during the 1997-98 season. It was held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Senior Men Results[]

Place Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Todd Eldredge USA
 1.5 1 1
2 Evgeni Plushenko Russia
 3.0 2 2
3 Alexander Abt Russia
 5.0 4 3
4 Scott Davis USA
 6.5 5 4
5 Vyacheslav Zagorodniuk Ukraine
 8.5 3 7
6 Evgeni Pliuta Ukraine
 10.5 11 5
7 Takeshi Honda Japan
 10.5 9 6
8 Jayson Dénommée Canada
 11.0 6 8
9 Michael Chack USA
 14.0 10 9
10 Jens ter Laak Germany
 14.5 7 11
11 Gabriel Monnier France
 16.0 12 10
12 Stanick Jeannette France
 16.0 8 12

Short Program[]

Place Name Nation Points
1 Todd Eldredge USA 0.5
2 Evgeni Plushenko Russia 1.0
3 Vyacheslav Zagorodniuk Ukraine 1.5
4 Alexander Abt Russia 2.0
5 Scott Davis USA 2.5
6 Jayson Dénommée Canada 3.0 4.6 4.7 4.9 4.6 5.0 4.8 4.9
5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2
9.8 9.9 10.1 9.8 10.2 10.0 10.1
7 Jens ter Laak Germany 3.5
8 Stanick Jeannette France 4.0
9 Takeshi Honda Japan 4.5
10 Michael Chack USA 5.0
11 Evgeni Pliuta Ukraine 5.5
12 Gabriel Monnier France 6.0

Freeskate[]

Place Name Nation Points
1 Todd Eldredge USA 1.0 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.6
5.9 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.8
11.6 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Evgeni Plushenko Russia 2.0 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.7
5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.6
11.3 11.2 11.3 11.5 11.2 11.4 11.3
2 2 2 2 2 3 2
3 Alexander Abt Russia 3.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.5
5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.5
11.1 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.2 11.5 11.0
3 3 3 3 3 2 3
4 Scott Davis USA 4.0 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.3
5.6 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.4
11.0 10.8 11.0 10.9 10.8 11.0 10.7
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 Evgeni Pliuta Ukraine 5.0
6 Takeshi Honda Japan 6.0
7 Vyacheslav Zagorodniuk Ukraine 7.0 5.0 5.2 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.3 4.9
5.6 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.6
10.6 10.6 10.2 10.4 10.4 10.8 10.5
8 Jayson Denommée Canada 8.0
9 Michael Chack USA 9.0
10 Gabriel Monnier France 10.0
11 Jens ter Laak Germany 11.0
12 Stanick Jeannette France 12.0

Senior Women Results[]

Place Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Michelle Kwan USA
 1.5 1 1
2 Tara Lipinski USA
 3.0 2 2
3 Elena Sokolova Russia
 6.0 6 3
4 Angela Nikodinov USA
 6.0 4 4
5 Yulia Lavrenchuk Ukraine
 6.5 3 5
6 Juila Lautowa Austria
 8.5 5 6
7 Yuka Kanazawa Japan
 11.0 8 7
8 Fanny Cagnard France
 13.0 10 8
9 Angela Derochie Canada
 13.5 9 9
10 Tony Bombardieri Italy
 13.5 7 10
11 Franziska Günther Germany
 16.5 11 11

Short Program[]

Place Name Nation Points
1 Michelle Kwan USA 0.5 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7
5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9
11.6 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.6
1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
2 Tara Lipinski USA 1.0 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.6
5.7 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.8
11.3 11.3 11.3 11.6 11.4 11.6 11.3 11.4 11.4
2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
3 Yulia Lavrenchuk Ukraine 1.5
4 Angela Nikodinov USA 2.0 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.4 4.9
5.2 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.0
10.4 10.3 10.4 10.7 11.1 10.7 11.1 10.8 9.9
5 Julia Lautowa Austria 2.5 4.5 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.2 4.8 5.6 5.2 4.8
5.0 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.1
9.5 10.6 10.5 10.3 10.6 10.0 10.7 10.5 9.9
6 Elena Sokolova Russia 3.0

Freeskate[]

Place Name Nation Points
1 Michelle Kwan USA 1.0 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8
5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9
11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Tara Lipinski USA 2.0 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.8
5.7 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.8
11.5 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.4 11.6 11.3 11.3 11.6
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 Elena Sokolova Russia 3.0 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.3
5.4 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.2 5.6 5.0 5.3
10.8 11.2 10.9 10.6 11.2 10.7 11.1 10.2 10.6
3 3 3 4 3 4 3 5 5
4 Angela Nikodinov USA 4.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.3
5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.4
10.7 10.8 10.7 10.7 11.0 11.0 10.7 10.3 10.7
4 5 4 3 5 3 5 3 4
5 Yulia Lavrenchuk Ukraine 5.0 5.2 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.2 5.5
5.2 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.4
10.4 10.9 10.5 10.6 11.0 10.6 10.9 10.3 10.9
5 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 3
6 Julia Lautowa Austria 6.0

Senior Pairs Results[]

Place Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov Russia
 1.5 1 1
2 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen USA
 3.5 3 2
3 Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov Russia
 4.0 2 3
4 Michelle Menzies / Jean-Michel Bombardier Canada
 6.5 5 4
5 Marina Khalturina / Andrey Kroukov Kazakhstan
 8.0 4 6
6 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell USA
 8.5 7 5
7 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells USA
 10.0 6 7
8 Oľga Beständigová / Jozef Beständig Slovakia
 12.0 8 8

Short Program[]

Place Name Nation Points
1 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov Russia 0.5
2 Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov Russia 1.0
3 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen USA 1.5

Freeskate[]

Place Name Nation Points
1 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov Russia 1.0 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.6
5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7
11.4 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.3
1 1 1 1 1 2 1
2 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen USA 2.0 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.5
5.6 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.5
11.2 11.4 11.0 11.3 11.1 11.6 11.0
2 3 3 2 3 1 2
3 Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov Russia 3.0 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.3
5.6 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6
11.1 11.4 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.0 10.9
3 2 2 3 2 3 3

Senior Ice Dance Results[]

Place Name Nation Points CD OD FD
1 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow USA
 2.0 1 1 1
2 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Italy
 4.0 2 2 2
3 Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov Russia
 7.0 4 4 3
4 Kateřina Mrázková / Martin Šimeček Czech Republic
 7.0 3 3 4
5 Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo France
 10.6 5 6 5
6 Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev USA
 11.4 6 5 6
7 Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe Canada
 14.0 7 7 7
8 Šárka Vondrková / Lukáš Král Czech Republic
 16.0 8 8 8

Compulsory Dance[]

Place Name Nation Points
1 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow USA 0.4
2 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Italy 0.8
3 Kateřina Mrázková / Martin Šimeček Czech Republic 1.2
4 Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov Russia 1.6

Original Dance[]

Place Name Nation Points
1 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow USA 0.6
2 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Italy 1.2
3 Kateřina Mrázková / Martin Šimeček Czech Republic 1.8
4 Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov Russia 2.4

Free Dance[]

Place Name Nation Points
1 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow USA 1.0 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.4 5.6
5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.7
11.3 11.3 11.5 11.5 11.6 11.0 11.5
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Italy 2.0 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.5
5.5 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.7
10.9 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.1 10.9 11.2
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov Russia 3.0 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0
5.5 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.4
10.7 10.9 10.8 11.0 10.6 10.4 10.4
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 Kateřina Mrázková / Martin Šimeček Czech Republic 4.0

Panel of Judges[]

Senior Men[]

Function Name Nation
Referee Mr. Francis Betsch France
Assistant Referee Ms. Joan Gruber USA

Senior Women[]

Function Name Nation
Referee Mr. Ron Pfenning USA
Assistant Referee Mr. Reinhard Mirmseker Germany

Senior Pairs[]

Function Name Nation
Referee Mr. Alexander Lakernik Russia
Assistant Referee Mr. Roger Glenn USA

Ice Dance[]

Function Name Nation
Referee Mr. Robert Horen USA
Assistant Referee Ms. Alla Shekhovtseva Russia

Notes[]

  • Todd Eldredge received one 6.0 mark in presentation during the Men's Freeskate.

Sources[]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Skate_America

https://web.archive.org/web/20120930194157/http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_related_details.asp?ri=content/events/199798/skateamerica.htm

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