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1998 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 29 – November 1
Season:1998–99
Location:Detroit, Michigan
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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Skate America is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by the USFSA. It is the first ISU Grand Prix event to be held. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The 1998 competition was held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan from October 29 to November 1.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Total Points 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

Rank Name Nation Total Points 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

Rank Name Nation Total Points 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

Rank Name Nation Total Points 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