| 2002 Skate America | |
| Comptype: | Grand Prix |
| Startdate: | October 23 |
| Enddate: | 27 |
| Skatingseason: | 2002–03 |
| Location: | Spokane, Washington |
| Venue: | Spokane Arena |
| Championmen: |  Brian Joubert |
| Championladies: |  Michelle Kwan |
| Championpairs: |  Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin |
| Championdance: |  Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov |
| Previouscomp: | 2001 Skate America |
| Nextcomp: | 2003 Skate America |
| Nextgp: | 2002 Skate Canada International |
The 2002 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2002–03 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington on October 23–27. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2002–03 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.
Reigning Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin withdrew with injury after the short program[1] in what became the final competition of his amateur career. Brian Joubert went on to win the event for his first international title.[2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 8.5 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 9.5 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 7 |  | 12.0 | 10 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 12.0 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 12.5 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 15.5 | 11 | 10 | |||
| WD | 1 |
Yukari Nakano and Ludmila Nelidina both landed a triple Axel in their free skating, together becoming the first female skaters to perform the jump in international competition since Midori Ito landed it at the 1992 Winter Olympics.[3] [4] Nakano landed it first and Nelidina, who skated after her, also performed it successfully.[5]
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 6.0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 5 | 6.5 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 6 | 8.5 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 10.0 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 12.5 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 13.0 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 14.5 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 17.0 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 12 | 17.5 | 11 | 12 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 4.0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 7.5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 9.0 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 10.5 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 12.0 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD | OD | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 10.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 14.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 16.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 18.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 |