The 1996 Skate America was the first event of six in the 1996–97 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts on October 31 – November 3. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the 1996–97 Champions Series Final.
Results Men Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Todd Eldredge 1.5 1 1 2 Alexei Urmanov 3.0 2 2 3 Alexei Yagudin 6.0 6 3 4 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk 6.0 4 4 5 Éric Millot 7.5 5 5 6 Takeshi Honda 7.5 3 6 7 Scott Davis 11.0 8 7 8 Cornel Gheorghe 13.0 10 8 9 Dan Hollander 13.5 7 10 10 Michael Hopfes 15.0 12 9 11 Stanick Jeannette 15.5 9 11 12 Jeffrey Langdon 17.5 11 12
Ladies Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Michelle Kwan 1.5 1 1 2 Tonia Kwiatkowski 3.0 2 2 3 Sydne Vogel 4.5 3 3 4 Julia Lautowa 6.5 5 4 5 Hanae Yokoya 8.0 4 6 6 Elena Sokolova 9.5 9 5 7 Vanessa Gusmeroli 11.0 8 7 8 Lenka Kulovaná 12.0 6 9 9 Szusanna Szwed 13.0 10 8 10 Maria Butyrskaya 13.5 7 10 11 Fanny Cagnard 17.0 12 11 12 Jennifer Robinson 17.5 11 12
Pairs Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev 2.0 2 1 2 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells 2.5 1 2 3 Stephanie Stiegler / John Zimmerman 5.0 4 3 4 Marina Khaltourina / Andrei Krioukov 5.5 3 4 5 Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex 7.5 5 5 6 Sara Ward / Lance Travis 9.5 7 6 7 Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet 10.0 6 7
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD 1 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov 2.0 1 1 1 2 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh 4.0 2 2 2 3 Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy 6.0 3 3 3 4 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow 9.0 5 5 4 5 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko 9.0 4 4 5 6 Kati Winkler / René Lohse 12.0 6 6 6 7 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček 14.0 7 7 7 8 Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe 16.4 9 8 8 9 Kate Robinson / Peter Breen 19.2 12 9 9 10 Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton 20.6 10 11 10 11 Amy Webster / Ron Kravette 21.4 11 10 11 WD Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga 8
References
External links 1996 Skate America