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2008 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 23 – 26
Season:2008–09
Location:Everett, Washington
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Comcast Arena at Everett
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Takahiko Kozuka
Ladies' singles:
South Korea Kim Yuna
Pairs:
Germany Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Ice dance:
France Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder
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The 2008 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Comcast Arena at Everett in Everett, Washington on October 23–26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.

Schedule

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).

  • Friday, October 24
    • 3:05 p.m. – Ice dancing: Compulsory dance
    • 7:35 p.m. – Pair skating: Short program
    • 9:05 p.m. – Men's singles: Short program
  • Saturday, October 25
    • 2:08 p.m. – Ice dancing: Original dance
    • 3:50 p.m. – Pair skating: Free skating
    • 7:08 p.m. – Ladies' singles: Short program
    • 9:10 p.m. – Men's singles: Free skating
  • Sunday, October 26
    • 11:08 a.m. – Ice dancing: Free dance
    • 1:07 p.m. – Ladies' singles: Free skating
    • 5:00 p.m. – Exhibition of Champions

Results

Men

Men's Podium; From left to right: Johnny Weir (2nd), Takahiko Kozuka (1st), Evan Lysacek (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 226.18 3 80.10 1 146.08
2 Johnny Weir  United States 225.20 2 80.55 2 144.65
3 Evan Lysacek  United States 223.21 1 81.30 3 141.91
4 Kevin Reynolds  Canada 204.89 4 67.18 4 137.71
5 Shawn Sawyer  Canada 199.98 6 64.14 5 135.84
6 Alexander Uspenski  Russia 177.81 7 59.63 6 118.18
7 Adrian Schultheiss  Sweden 177.26 5 64.40 9 112.86
8 Adam Rippon  United States 174.82 8 59.60 7 115.22
9 Igor Macypura  Slovakia 169.61 9 54.58 8 115.03
10 Ian Martinez  Canada 155.18 10 50.68 10 104.50

Ladies

Ladies' Podium; From left to right: Yukari Nakano (2nd), Kim Yuna (1st), Miki Ando (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Kim Yuna  South Korea 193.45 1 69.50 1 123.95
2 Yukari Nakano  Japan 172.53 3 57.46 2 115.07
3 Miki Ando  Japan 168.42 2 57.80 3 110.62
4 Rachael Flatt  United States 155.73 5 54.92 4 100.81
5 Mirai Nagasu  United States 142.90 4 56.42 7 86.48
6 Susanna Pöykiö  Finland 142.14 8 47.82 5 94.32
7 Mira Leung  Canada 136.16 10 45.74 6 90.42
8 Kimmie Meissner  United States 135.92 6 54.90 9 81.02
9 Liu Yan  China 128.12 9 46.96 8 81.16
10 Annette Dytrt  Germany 116.83 7 48.32 11 68.51
11 Tuğba Karademir  Turkey 113.91 11 41.26 10 72.65
WD Valentina Marchei  Italy

Pairs

Pairs' podium; From left to right: Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker (2nd), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (1st), Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy  Germany 180.77 2 64.08 1 116.69
2 Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker  United States 172.69 3 57.02 2 115.67
3 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov  Russia 167.67 1 66.32 4 101.35
4 Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin  Canada 159.80 4 54.26 3 105.54
5 Rena Inoue / John Baldwin  United States 146.51 5 50.00 5 96.51
6 Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin  United States 141.70 6 48.40 6 93.30
7 Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia  France 134.36 8 44.00 7 90.36
8 Zhang Yue / Wang Lei  China 124.63 7 44.60 8 80.03

Ice dancing

Ice dancing podium; From left to right: Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (2nd), Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (1st), Sinead Kerr / John Kerr (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD
1 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder  France 187.64 1 38.49 1 58.26 2 90.89
2 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto  United States 186.53 2 37.63 3 57.47 1 91.43
3 Sinead Kerr / John Kerr  United Kingdom 180.20 3 34.37 2 57.74 4 88.09
4 Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates  United States 175.66 5 31.81 4 55.01 3 88.84
5 Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost  France 166.92 4 32.26 5 52.74 5 81.92
6 Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer  Russia 159.03 7 28.41 7 50.37 6 80.25
7 Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles  United States 156.62 8 27.50 6 50.51 7 78.61
8 Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas  Lithuania 156.28 6 29.78 8 48.38 8 78.12
9 Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno  Canada 142.95 9 25.74 9 45.44 9 71.77
  • "2008–09 Grand Prix Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  • Official site
  • 2008 Skate America at the International Skating Union
  • 2008 Skate America at U.S. Figure Skating (archived)