1998 Skate America

1998 Skate America Grand Prix October 29 November 1 1998–99 Detroit, Michigan U.S. Figure Skating Joe Louis Arena RUS Alexei Yagudin RUS Maria Butyrskaya RUS Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze FRA Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat 1997 Skate America 1999 Skate America 1998 Skate Canada International 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 Men Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Alexei Yagudin 1.5 1 1 2 Michael Weiss 3.5 3 2 3 Alexei Urmanov 5.0 4 3 4 Elvis Stojko 5.0 2 4 5 Derrick Delmore 7.5 5 5 6 Laurent Tobel 9.0 6 6 7 Michael Hopfes 11.0 8 7 8 Yamato Tamura 11.5 7 8 9 Shepherd Clark 14.5 9 10 10 Jean-Francois Hebert 15.0 12 9 11 Frédéric Dambier 16.0 10 11 12 Yourii Litvinov 17.5 11 12 Ladies Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Maria Butyrskaya 1.5 1 1 2 Elena Sokolova 3.5 3 2 3 Angela Nikodinov 4.0 2 3 4 Nicole Bobek 6.0 4 4 5 Tatijana Malinina 7.5 5 5 6 Anna Rechnio 9.0 6 6 7 Brittney McConn 10.5 7 7 8 Jennifer Robinson 12.0 8 8 9 Shizuka Arakawa 14.5 10 9 10 Silvia Fontana 14.5 9 10 Pairs Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze 1.5 1 1 2 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz 3.0 2 2 3 Victoria Maksuta / Vladislav Zhovnirsky 5.0 4 3 4 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell 5.5 3 4 5 Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman 8.5 7 5 6 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis 8.5 5 6 7 Mariana Khalturina / Andrei Kroukov 10.0 6 7 8 Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler 12.0 8 8 Ice dancing Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD 1 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat 2.0 1 1 1 2 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh 4.0 2 2 2 3 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio 6.0 3 3 3 4 Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov 8.0 4 4 4 5 Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev 10.6 5 6 5 6 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet 11.4 6 5 6 7 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates 14.0 7 7 7 8 Angelika Fuhring / Bruno Ellinger 16.0 8 8 8 9 Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto 18.0 9 9 9 External links 1998 Skate America Skate America, 1998 Category:Skate America