1995 Skate America

The 1995 Skate America was the first event of five in the 1995–96 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on October 17–22. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the 1995–96 Champions Series Final.

1995 Skate America
Type:	Champions Series
Date:	October 17 – 22
Season:	1995–96
Location:	Detroit, Michigan
Host:	U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:	Cobo Arena
Champions
Men's singles: Todd Eldredge
Ladies' singles: Michelle Kwan
Pairs: Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov
Ice dance: Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov
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Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	SP	FS
1	Todd Eldredge	United States	1.5	1	1
2	Michael Weiss	United States	4.5	5	2
3	Alexander Abt	Russia	4.5	3	3
4	Viacheslav Zagorodniuk	Ukraine	6.0	4	4
5	Andrejs Vlascenko	Germany	7.0	2	6
6	Ilia Kulik	Russia	8.0	6	5
7	Stephane Yvars	Canada	11.0	8	7
8	Aren Nielsen	United States	11.5	7	8
9	Nicholas Pétorin	France	13.5	9	9

Ladies

Michelle Kwan rose to first after placing third in the short program. Bobek missed all five of her triple jumps.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	SP	FS
1	Michelle Kwan	United States	2.5	3	1
2	Chen Lu	China	3.0	1	2
3	Irina Slutskaya	Russia	4.0	2	3
4	Surya Bonaly	France	6.5	5	4
5	Tonia Kwiatkowski	United States	8.0	6	5
6	Nicole Bobek	United States	8.0	4	6
7	Elena Liashenko	Ukraine	10.5	7	7
8	Rena Inoue	Japan	12.0	8	8
9	Clare Kelly	Canada	13.5	9	9

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	SP	FS
1	Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov	Russia	1.5	1	1
2	Jenni Meno / Todd Sand	United States	3.0	2	2
3	Elena Berezhnaya / Oleg Shliakhov	Latvia	4.5	3	3
4	Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen	United States	6.5	5	4
5	Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev	Russia	7.0	4	5
6	Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz	Canada	9.5	7	6
7	Olena Bilousivska / Serhiy Potalov	Ukraine	10.0	6	7

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	CD	OD	FD
1	Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov	Russia	2.0	1	1	1
2	Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov	Russia	4.0	2	2	2
3	Rene Roca / Gorsha Sur	United States	6.0	3	3	3
4	Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga	Kazakhstan	8.0	4	4	4
5	Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček	Czech Republic	10.0	5	5	5
6	Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton	France	12.0	6	6	6
7	Kati Winkler / René Lohse	Germany	15.0	8	8	7
8	Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov	Ukraine	15.0	7	7	8
9	Janet Emerson / Steve Kavanagh	Canada	18.0	9	9	9
10	Tamara Kuchiki / Neale Smull	United States	20.0	10	10	10