1998 Skate America

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.

1998 Skate America
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	October 29 – November 1
Season:	1998–99
Location:	Detroit, Michigan
Host:	U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:	Joe Louis Arena
Champions
Men's singles: Alexei Yagudin
Ladies' singles: Maria Butyrskaya
Pairs: Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze
Ice dance: Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat
Navigation
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Next Grand Prix: 1998 Skate Canada International

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	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	TFP	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	TFP	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	TFP	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

External links

• 1998 Skate America