2008 Skate America Explained

2008 Skate America
Comptype:Grand Prix
Startdate:October 23
Enddate:26
Skatingseason:2008–09
Location:Everett, Washington
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Comcast Arena at Everett
Championmen: Takahiko Kozuka
Championladies: Kim Yuna
Championpairs: Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Championdance: Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder
Previouscomp:2007 Skate America
Nextcomp:2009 Skate America
Previousgp:
Nextgp:2008 Skate Canada International

The 2008 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Comcast Arena at Everett in Everett, Washington on October 23–26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.

Schedule

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).

Results

Men

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1226.18 3 80.10 1 146.08
2225.20 2 80.55 2 144.65
3223.21 1 81.30 3 141.91
4204.89 4 67.18 4 137.71
5199.98 6 64.14 5 135.84
6177.81 7 59.63 6 118.18
7177.26 5 64.40 9 112.86
8174.82 8 59.60 7 115.22
9169.61 9 54.58 8 115.03
10155.18 10 50.68 10 104.50

Ladies

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1193.45 1 69.50 1 123.95
2172.53 3 57.46 2 115.07
3168.42 2 57.80 3 110.62
4155.73 5 54.92 4 100.81
5142.90 4 56.42 7 86.48
6142.14 8 47.82 5 94.32
7136.16 10 45.74 6 90.42
8135.92 6 54.90 9 81.02
9128.12 9 46.96 8 81.16
10116.83 7 48.32 11 68.51
11113.91 11 41.26 10 72.65
WD

Pairs

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1180.77 2 64.08 1 116.69
2172.69 3 57.02 2 115.67
3167.67 1 66.32 4 101.35
4159.80 4 54.26 3 105.54
5146.51 5 50.00 5 96.51
6141.70 6 48.40 6 93.30
7134.36 8 44.00 7 90.36
8124.63 7 44.60 8 80.03

Ice dancing

RankNameNationTotal pointsCDODFD
1187.64 1 38.49 1 58.26 2 90.89
2186.53 2 37.63 3 57.47 1 91.43
3180.20 3 34.37 2 57.74 4 88.09
4175.66 5 31.81 4 55.01 3 88.84
5166.92 4 32.26 5 52.74 5 81.92
6159.03 7 28.41 7 50.37 6 80.25
7156.62 8 27.50 6 50.51 7 78.61
8156.28 6 29.78 8 48.38 8 78.12
9142.95 9 25.74 9 45.44 9 71.77

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