1996 U.S. Figure Skating Championships Explained

1996 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Comptype:	National Championship
Startdate:	January 13
Enddate:	21
Skatingseason:	1995–96
Location:	San Jose, California
Venue:	San Jose Arena
Championmen:	Rudy Galindo
Championladies:	Michelle Kwan
Championpairs:	Jenni Meno / Todd Sand
Championdance:	Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow
Previouscomp:	1995 U.S. Championships
Nextcomp:	1997 U.S. Championships

The 1996 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 13 and 21, 1996 in San Jose, California. Skaters competed in five disciplines across three levels. The disciplines of the competition were men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and compulsory figures. The levels of competition were Senior, Junior, and Novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth). In the figures event, the novice competitors skated one figure, and the juniors and seniors skated three.

The event served to help choose the U.S. team to the 1996 World Championships. The 1996 World Junior Championships had been held prior to the national championships and so the World Junior Championships team had been chosen at a World Juniors selection competition earlier in the year.

Senior results

Men

Rank	FP	SP	FS
1	2.5	3	1
2	2.5	1	2
3	5.0	4	3
4	6.0	2	5
5	6.5	5	4
6	9.0	6	6
7	11.5	9	7
8	11.5	7	8
9	14.5	11	9
10	15.0	10	10
11	17.0	8	13
12	17.5	13	11
13	19.0	14	12
14	22.0	16	14
15	23.5	17	15
16	23.5	15	16
WD		12

Ladies

Rank	FP	SP	FS
1	1.5	1	1
2	3.0	2	2
3	5.5	5	3
4	6.0	4	4
5	8.0	6	5
6	11.5	11	6
7	11.5	9	7
8	12.5	7	9
9	14.0	12	8
10	15.0	10	10
11	15.0	8	11
12	19.0	14	12
13	19.5	15	12
14	20.5	13	14
15	23.5	17	15
16	24.0	16	16
WD		3

Pairs

Rank	FP	SP	FS
1	2.0	2	1
2	2.5	1	2
3	5.0	4	3
4	5.5	3	4
5	7.5	7	5
6	9.0	6	6
7	10.5	5	8
8	11.5	9	7
9	13.0	8	9
10	16.0	12	10
11	18.0	14	11
12	18.5	13	12
13	18.5	11	13
14	22.0	16	14
15	22.5	15	15
WD		10

Ice dancing

Rank	FP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	2.2	1	2	1	1
2	3.8	2	1	2	2
3	7.2	7	5	3	3
4	8.0	4	4	4	4
5	9.2	3	3	5	5
6	13.4	5	6	7	7
7	15.0	10	8	9	6
8	16.2	8	9	8	8
9	16.2	6	7	6	10
10	18.8	9	10	10	9
11	22.0	11	11	11	11
12	25.6	15	14	13	12
13	27.0	12	12	12	15
14	27.6	13	15	15	13
15	28.2	14	15	14	14

Junior results

Men

Rank	FP	SP	FS
1	1.5	1	1
2	4.5	5	2
3	5.0	4	3
4	6.5	3	5
5	7.0	2	6
6	8.0	8	4
7	10.5	7	7
8	12.0	6	9
9	12.5	9	8
10	15.0	10	10
11	16.5	11	11
12	18.0	12	12
13	19.5	13	13

Ladies

Rank	FP	SP	FS
1	3.0	4	1
2	3.0	2	2
3	3.5	1	3
4	5.5	3	4
5	7.5	5	5
6	9.5	7	6
7	10.0	6	7
8	12.0	8	8
9	13.5	9	9
10	17.0	14	10
11	17.5	13	11
12	17.5	11	12
13	18.0	10	13
14	19.0	12	13

Pairs

Rank	FP	SP	FS
1	1.5	1	1
2	3.0	2	2
3	5.0	4	3
4	6.5	5	4
5	6.5	3	5
6	9.5	7	6
7	10.0	6	7
8	12.5	9	8
9	13.5	11	8
10	14.0	8	10
11	16.0	10	11
12	18.0	12	12
13	19.5	13	13

Ice dancing

Rank	FP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	2.2	2	1	1	1
2	3.8	1	2	2	2
3	7.2	6	3	4	3
4	7.4	4	4	3	4
5	10.4	3	9	5	5
6	12.2	7	6	6	6
7	13.2	5	5	7	7
8	15.8	8	7	8	8
9	18.8	9	10	10	9
10	19.0	10	8	9	10
11	23.2	12	11	11	12
12	23.4	11	12	13	11
13	25.4	13	13	12	13

Novice results

Men

Rank	FP	SP	FS
1	2.0	2	1
2	4.0	4	2
3	4.5	3	3
4	4.5	1	4
5	8.0	6	5
6	8.5	5	6
7	12.5	7	9
8	13.0	12	7
9	13.5	11	8
10	14.5	9	10
11	16.0	10	11
12	17.0	8	13
13	19.5	15	12
14	22.0	16	14
15	22.0	14	15
WD		13

Ladies

Rank	FP	SP	FS
1	2.0	2	1
2	4.5	3	3
3	4.5	1	4
4	7.5	11	2
5	8.5	5	6
6	10.0	4	8
7	11.5	13	5
8	11.5	9	7
9	14.0	10	9
10	14.0	8	10
11	14.0	6	11
12	15.5	7	12
13	19.0	12	13

Pairs

Rank	FP	SP	FS
1	1.5	1	1
2	3.0	2	2
3	5.0	4	3
4	5.5	3	4
5	8.0	6	5
6	8.5	5	6
7	10.5	7	7
8	12.0	8	8
9	15.0	12	9
10	15.5	11	10
11	16.0	10	11

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	FP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1		2.0	1	1	1	1
2		5.0	3	3	3	2
3		5.0	2	2	2	3
4		8.2	4	5	4	4
5		10.2	7	4	5	5
6	Rebecca Weisberg / Owen Swift	13.4	6	7	8	6
7		14.0	5	9	7	7
8		15.0	8	6	6	8
9		17.8	9	8	9	9
10		21.8	11	12	12	10
11		21.6	12	11	10	11
12		22.6	10	10	11	12

External links

1996 U.S. Championships