1996 Skate America
Type:	Champions Series
Date:	October 31 – November 3
Season:	1996–97
Location:	Springfield, Massachusetts
Host:	U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:	Springfield Civic Center
Champions
Men's singles: Todd Eldredge
Ladies' singles: Michelle Kwan
Pairs: Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev
Ice dance: Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov
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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.^[1] 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	United States	1.5	1	1
2	Alexei Urmanov	Russia	3.0	2	2
3	Alexei Yagudin	Russia	6.0	6	3
4	Viacheslav Zagorodniuk	Ukraine	6.0	4	4
5	Éric Millot	France	7.5	5	5
6	Takeshi Honda	Japan	7.5	3	6
7	Scott Davis	United States	11.0	8	7
8	Cornel Gheorghe	Romania	13.0	10	8
9	Dan Hollander	United States	13.5	7	10
10	Michael Hopfes	Germany	15.0	12	9
11	Stanick Jeannette	France	15.5	9	11
12	Jeffrey Langdon	Canada	17.5	11	12

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	SP	FS
1	Michelle Kwan	United States	1.5	1	1
2	Tonia Kwiatkowski	United States	3.0	2	2
3	Sydne Vogel	United States	4.5	3	3
4	Julia Lautowa	Austria	6.5	5	4
5	Hanae Yokoya	Japan	8.0	4	6
6	Elena Sokolova	Russia	9.5	9	5
7	Vanessa Gusmeroli	France	11.0	8	7
8	Lenka Kulovaná	Czech Republic	12.0	6	9
9	Szusanna Szwed	Poland	13.0	10	8
10	Maria Butyrskaya	Russia	13.5	7	10
11	Fanny Cagnard	France	17.0	12	11
12	Jennifer Robinson	Canada	17.5	11	12

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	SP	FS
1	Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev	Russia	2.0	2	1
2	Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells	United States	2.5	1	2
3	Stephanie Stiegler / John Zimmerman	United States	5.0	4	3
4	Marina Khaltourina / Andrei Krioukov	Kazakhstan	5.5	3	4
5	Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex	Germany	7.5	5	5
6	Sara Ward / Lance Travis	United States	9.5	7	6
7	Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet	Canada	10.0	6	7

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	CD	OD	FD
1	Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov	Russia	2.0	1	1	1
2	Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh	Russia	4.0	2	2	2
3	Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy	France	6.0	3	3	3
4	Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow	United States	9.0	5	5	4
5	Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko	Ukraine	9.0	4	4	5
6	Kati Winkler / René Lohse	Germany	12.0	6	6	6
7	Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček	Czech Republic	14.0	7	7	7
8	Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe	Canada	16.4	9	8	8
9	Kate Robinson / Peter Breen	United States	19.2	12	9	9
10	Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton	France	20.6	10	11	10
11	Amy Webster / Ron Kravette	United States	21.4	11	10	11
WD	Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga	Kazakhstan		8