The 1997 Skate America was the first event of six in the 1997–98 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on October 23–25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1997–98 Champions Series Final. The compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz.
Results Men Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Todd Eldredge 1.5 1 1 2 Evgeni Plushenko 3.0 2 2 3 Alexander Abt 5.0 4 3 4 Scott Davis 6.5 5 4 5 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk 8.5 3 7 6 Evgeny Pliuta 10.5 11 5 7 Takeshi Honda 10.5 9 6 8 Jayson Dénommée 11.0 6 8 9 Michael Chack 14.0 10 9 10 Jens ter Laak 14.5 7 11 11 Gabriel Monnier 16.0 12 10 12 Stanick Jeannette 16.0 8 12
Ladies Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Michelle Kwan 1.5 1 1 2 Tara Lipinski 3.0 2 2 3 Elena Sokolova 6.0 6 3 4 Angela Nikodinov 6.0 4 4 5 Yulia Lavrenchuk 6.5 3 5 6 Julia Lautowa 8.5 5 6 7 Yuka Kanazawa 11.0 8 7 8 Fanny Cagnard 13.0 10 8 9 Angela Derochie 13.5 9 9 10 Tony Bombardieri 13.5 7 10 11 Franziska Guenther 16.5 11 11
Pairs Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Marina Eltsova / Andrey Bushkov 1.5 1 1 2 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen 3.5 3 2 3 Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov 4.0 2 3 4 Michelle Menzies / Jean-Michel Bombardier 6.5 5 4 5 Mariana Khalturina / Andrey Kroukov 8.0 4 6 6 Danielle Hartsell / Steven Hartsell 8.5 7 5 7 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells 10.0 6 7 8 Oľga Beständigová / Josev Bestandig 12.0 8 8
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD 1 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow 2.0 1 1 1 2 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio 4.0 2 2 2 3 Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov 7.0 4 4 3 4 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček 7.0 3 3 4 5 Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo 10.6 5 6 5 6 Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev 11.4 6 5 6 7 Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe 14.0 7 7 7 8 Šárka Vondrková / Lukáš Král 16.0 8 8 8
References https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/26/sports/figure-skating-eldredge-overcomes-injury-to-win-kwan-beats-lipinski.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-10-26-9710260146-story,amp.html
External links 1997 Skate America