| 2016 Skate America | |
| Comptype: | Grand Prix |
| Startdate: | October 21 |
| Enddate: | 23 |
| Skatingseason: | 2016–17 |
| Location: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Sears Centre |
| Championmen: |  Shoma Uno |
| Championladies: |  Ashley Wagner |
| Championpairs: |  Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau |
| Championdance: | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |
| Previouscomp: | 2015 Skate America |
| Nextcomp: | 2017 Skate America |
| Nextgp: | 2016 Skate Canada International |
The 2016 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sears Centre in Chicago, Illinois, on October 21–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.
The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 30, 2016.
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 | Pairs | Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | Split | ||
| August 16 | Men | N/A | Timothy Dolensky | Host pick | ||
| August 22 | Ladies | N/A | Angela Wang | Host pick | ||
| September 9 | Ice dancing | N/A | Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit | Host pick | ||
| September 14 | Pairs | N/A | Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran | Host pick | ||
| September 22 and 23 | Pairs |  Sui Wenjing / Han Cong |  Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Injury (Sui) | ||
| September 22 and 23 | Ice dancing |  Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov | Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin | |||
| October 12 | Ladies | Angela Wang | Mariah Bell | Injury | ||
| October 16 | Men |  Denis Ten | Not replaced | |||
| October 17 | Ladies |  Yulia Lipnitskaya | Not replaced | Injury | ||
| October 20 | Men | Daisuke Murakami | Not replaced | Injury |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoma Uno | 279.34 | 1 | 89.15 | 1 | 190.19 | ||
| 2 | Jason Brown | 268.38 | 3 | 85.75 | 2 | 182.63 | ||
| 3 | Adam Rippon | 261.43 | 2 | 87.32 | 3 | 174.11 | ||
| 4 | Sergei Voronov | 245.28 | 5 | 78.68 | 5 | 166.60 | ||
| 5 | Jin Boyang | 245.08 | 8 | 72.93 | 4 | 172.15 | ||
| 6 | Nam Nguyen | 239.26 | 4 | 79.62 | 7 | 159.64 | ||
| 7 | Maxim Kovtun | 230.75 | 10 | 67.43 | 6 | 163.32 | ||
| 8 | Timothy Dolensky | 226.53 | 6 | 77.59 | 8 | 148.94 | ||
| 9 | Jorik Hendrickx | 224.91 | 7 | 76.62 | 9 | 148.29 | ||
| 10 | Brendan Kerry | 211.76 | 9 | 71.62 | 10 | 140.14 | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashley Wagner | 196.44 | 1 | 69.50 | 2 | 126.94 | ||
| 2 | Mariah Bell | 191.59 | 6 | 60.92 | 1 | 130.67 | ||
| 3 | Mai Mihara | 189.28 | 2 | 65.75 | 3 | 123.53 | ||
| 4 | Gabrielle Daleman | 186.63 | 4 | 64.49 | 4 | 122.14 | ||
| 5 | Gracie Gold | 184.22 | 3 | 64.87 | 5 | 119.35 | ||
| 6 | Mao Asada | 176.78 | 5 | 64.47 | 6 | 112.31 | ||
| 7 | Serafima Sakhanovich | 163.84 | 8 | 56.52 | 7 | 107.32 | ||
| 8 | Park So-youn | 161.36 | 7 | 58.16 | 8 | 103.20 | ||
| 9 | Roberta Rodeghiero | 149.13 | 9 | 52.62 | 10 | 96.51 | ||
| 10 | Kanako Murakami | 145.03 | 10 | 47.87 | 9 | 97.16 | ||
| 11 | Angelīna Kučvaļska | 134.97 | 11 | 47.80 | 11 | 87.17 | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | 197.31 | 3 | 66.49 | 1 | 130.82 | ||
| 2 | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | 192.65 | 2 | 67.29 | 2 | 125.36 | ||
| 3 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | 185.94 | 1 | 75.24 | 5 | 110.70 | ||
| 4 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | 174.65 | 4 | 65.78 | 7 | 108.87 | ||
| 5 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | 174.52 | 5 | 64.34 | 6 | 110.18 | ||
| 6 | Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea | 173.50 | 8 | 57.93 | 3 | 115.57 | ||
| 7 | Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran | 171.95 | 7 | 61.17 | 4 | 110.78 | ||
| 8 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | 169.69 | 6 | 62.49 | 8 | 107.20 | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | 185.75 | 1 | 73.04 | 1 | 112.71 | ||
| 2 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | 175.77 | 3 | 68.78 | 2 | 106.99 | ||
| 3 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | 174.77 | 2 | 68.92 | 3 | 105.85 | ||
| 4 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | 165.44 | 5 | 64.79 | 4 | 100.65 | ||
| 5 | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin | 165.16 | 4 | 66.60 | 6 | 98.56 | ||
| 6 | Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko | 161.99 | 6 | 63.33 | 5 | 98.66 | ||
| 7 | Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit | 151.76 | 8 | 58.18 | 7 | 93.58 | ||
| 8 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | 147.37 | 10 | 56.19 | 8 | 91.18 | ||
| 9 | Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar | 146.10 | 7 | 58.98 | 9 | 87.12 | ||
| 10 | Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin | 141.50 | 9 | 56.25 | 10 | 85.25 | ||