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{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 1998 Skate America
| image = 
| imagesize = 
| caption = 
| comptype = [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix]]
| startdate = October 29
| enddate = November 1
| skatingseason = 1998–99
| location = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| host = [[U.S. Figure Skating]]
| venue = [[Joe Louis Arena]]
| prizemoney = 
| championmen = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexei Yagudin]]
| championladies = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Butyrskaya]]
| championpairs = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Berezhnaya]] / [[Anton Sikharulidze]]
| championdance = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marina Anissina]] / [[Gwendal Peizerat]]
| previouscomp = [[1997 Skate America]]
| nextcomp = [[1999 Skate America]]
| previousgp = 
| nextgp = [[1998 Skate Canada International]]
}}

The '''1998 [[Skate America]]''' was the first event of six in the 1998–99 [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating]], a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the [[Joe Louis Arena]] in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] on October 29 – November 1. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of [[Single skating|men's singles, ladies' singles]], [[pair skating]], and [[ice dancing]]. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the [[1998–99 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|1998–99 Grand Prix Final]].

==Results==
===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! TFP
! SP
! FS
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Alexei Yagudin]] || {{RUS}} || 1.5 || 1 || 1
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Michael Weiss (figure skater)|Michael Weiss]] || {{USA}} || 3.5 || 3 || 2
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Alexei Urmanov]] || {{RUS}} || 5.0 || 4 || 3
|-
! 4
| [[Elvis Stojko]] || {{CAN}} || 5.0 || 2 || 4
|-
! 5
| [[Derrick Delmore]] || {{USA}} || 7.5 || 5 || 5
|-
! 6
| [[Laurent Tobel]] || {{FRA}} || 9.0 || 6 || 6
|-
! 7
| [[Michael Hopfes]] || {{GER}} || 11.0 || 8 || 7
|-
! 8
| [[Yamato Tamura]] || {{JPN}} || 11.5 || 7 || 8
|-
! 9
| [[Shepherd Clark]] || {{USA}} || 14.5 || 9 || 10
|-
! 10
| [[Jean-Francois Hebert]] || {{CAN}} || 15.0 || 12 || 9
|-
! 11
| [[Frédéric Dambier]] || {{FRA}} || 16.0 || 10 || 11
|-
! 12
| [[Yourii Litvinov]] || {{KAZ}} || 17.5 || 11 || 12
|}

===Ladies===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! TFP
! SP
! FS
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Maria Butyrskaya]] || {{RUS}} || 1.5 || 1 || 1
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Elena Sokolova]] || {{RUS}} || 3.5 || 3 || 2
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Angela Nikodinov]] || {{USA}} || 4.0 || 2 || 3
|-
! 4
| [[Nicole Bobek]] || {{USA}} || 6.0 || 4 || 4
|-
! 5
| [[Tatijana Malinina]] || {{UZB}} || 7.5 || 5 || 5
|-
! 6
| [[Anna Rechnio]] || {{POL}} || 9.0 || 6 || 6
|-
! 7
| [[Brittney McConn]] || {{USA}} || 10.5 || 7 || 7
|-
! 8
| [[Jennifer Robinson (figure skater)|Jennifer Robinson]] || {{CAN}} || 12.0 || 8 || 8
|-
! 9
| [[Shizuka Arakawa]] || {{JPN}} || 14.5 || 10 || 9
|-
! 10
| [[Silvia Fontana]] || {{ITA}} || 14.5 || 9 || 10
|}

===Pairs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! TFP
! SP
! FS
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Elena Berezhnaya]] / [[Anton Sikharulidze]] || {{RUS}} || 1.5 || 1 || 1
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Kristy Sargeant]] / [[Kris Wirtz]] || {{CAN}} || 3.0 || 2 || 2
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Victoria Maksuta]] / [[Vladislav Zhovnirsky]] || {{RUS}} || 5.0 || 4 || 3
|-
! 4
| [[Danielle Hartsell]] / [[Steve Hartsell]] || {{USA}} || 5.5 || 3 || 4
|-
! 5
| [[Kyoko Ina]] / [[John Zimmerman (figure skater)|John Zimmerman]] || {{USA}} || 8.5 || 7 || 5
|-
! 6
| [[Sarah Abitbol]] / [[Stéphane Bernadis]] || {{FRA}} || 8.5 || 5 || 6
|-
! 7
| [[Mariana Khalturina]] / [[Andrei Kroukov]] || {{KAZ}} || 10.0 || 6 || 7
|-
! 8
| [[Tiffany Stiegler]] / [[Johnnie Stiegler]] || {{USA}} || 12.0 || 8 || 8
|}

===Ice dancing===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! TFP
! CD
! OD
! FD
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Marina Anissina]] / [[Gwendal Peizerat]] || {{FRA}} || 2.0 || 1 || 1 || 1
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Irina Lobacheva]] / [[Ilia Averbukh]] || {{RUS}} || 4.0 || 2 || 2 || 2
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Barbara Fusar-Poli]] / [[Maurizio Margaglio]] || {{ITA}} || 6.0 || 3 || 3 || 3
|-
! 4
| [[Anna Semenovich]] / [[Vladimir Fedorov]] || {{RUS}} || 8.0 || 4 || 4 || 4
|-
! 5
| [[Naomi Lang]] / [[Peter Tchernyshev]] || {{USA}} || 10.6 || 5 || 6 || 5
|-
! 6
| [[Chantal Lefebvre]] / [[Michel Brunet (figure skater)|Michel Brunet]] || {{CAN}} || 11.4 || 6 || 5 || 6
|-
! 7
| [[Eve Chalom]] / [[Mathew Gates]] || {{USA}} || 14.0 || 7 || 7 || 7
|-
! 8
| [[Angelika Fuhring]] / [[Bruno Ellinger]] || {{AUT}} || 16.0 || 8 || 8 || 8
|-
! 9
| [[Rie Arikawa]] / [[Kenji Miyamoto (figure skater)|Kenji Miyamoto]] || {{JPN}} || 18.0 || 9 || 9 || 9
|}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033420/http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/9899/sa98.html 1998 Skate America]

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