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{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 2003 Skate America
| image = 
| imagesize = 
| caption = 
| comptype = [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix]]
| startdate = October 23
| enddate = 26
| skatingseason = 2003–04
| location = [[Reading, Pennsylvania]]
| host = [[U.S. Figure Skating]]
| venue = [[Sovereign Center]]
| prizemoney = 
| championmen = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Weiss (figure skater)|Michael Weiss]]
| championladies = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sasha Cohen]]
| championpairs = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Pang Qing]] / [[Tong Jian]]
| championdance = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tanith Belbin]] / [[Benjamin Agosto]]
| previouscomp = [[2002 Skate America]]
| nextcomp = [[2004 Skate America]]
| nextgp = [[2003 Skate Canada International]]
}}
The '''2003 [[Skate America]]''' was the first event of six in the 2003–04 [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating]]. It was held at the [[Sovereign Center]] in [[Reading, Pennsylvania]] on October 23–26. 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 [[2003–04 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2003–04 Grand Prix Final]]. The [[compulsory dance]] was the Austrian Waltz.

This was the first Grand Prix event to use the [[New Judging System]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Judging system gets its first big test |url=https://www.deseret.com/2003/10/24/19791932/judging-system-gets-its-first-big-test/ |website=[[Deseret News]] |access-date=13 November 2024 |date=24 October 2003}}</ref>

==Results==
===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free skating|FS]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Michael Weiss (figure skater)|Michael Weiss]] || {{USA}} || 206.94 || 1 || 73.85 || 2 || 133.09
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Takeshi Honda]] || {{JPN}} || 199.27 || 4 || 62.65 || 1 || 136.62
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Zhang Min (figure skater)|Zhang Min]] || {{CHN}} || 190.77 || 2 || 67.55 || 5 || 123.22
|-
! 4
| [[Andrejs Vlascenko]] || {{GER}} || 188.54 || 3 || 64.86 || 4 || 123.68
|-
! 5
| [[Scott Smith (figure skater)|Scott Smith]] || {{USA}} || 182.92 || 7 || 57.41 || 3 || 125.51
|-
! 6
| [[Vakhtang Murvanidze]] || {{flagcountry|GEO|1990}} || 173.29 || 6 || 57.60 || 6 || 115.69
|-
! 7
| [[Trifun Živanović]] || {{SCG}} || 170.62 || 5 || 58.75 || 8 || 111.87
|-
! 8
| [[Stanislav Timchenko]] || {{RUS}} || 161.37 || 11 || 47.08 || 7 || 114.29
|-
! 9
| [[Stefan Lindemann]] || {{GER}} || 160.95 || 10 || 51.59 || 10 || 109.36
|-
! 10
| [[Ivan Dinev]] || {{BUL}} || 153.86 || 12 || 43.60 || 9 || 110.26
|-
! 11
| [[Sergei Davydov (figure skater)|Sergei Davydov]] || {{BLR}} || 150.04 || 8 || 54.67 || 11 || 95.37
|-
! 12
| [[Ryan Jahnke]] || {{USA}} || 147.49 || 9 || 52.92 || 12 || 94.57
|}
<ref name="results">{{cite web |title=Smart Ones Skate America Reading, PA 23.10.2003 – 26.10.2003 Sovereign Center Arena |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/sa2003/ |website=[[International Skating Union]] |access-date=13 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816050409/http://www.isuresults.com/results/sa2003/ |archive-date=16 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Ladies===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free skating|FS]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Sasha Cohen]] || {{USA}} || 197.35 || 1 || 66.46 || 1 || 130.89
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Jennifer Kirk]] || {{USA}} || 178.77 || 3 || 58.68 || 2 || 120.09
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Shizuka Arakawa]] || {{JPN}} || 172.39 || 2 || 59.02 || 3 || 113.37
|-
! 4
| [[Amber Corwin]] || {{USA}} || 156.95 || 4 || 54.66 || 4 || 102.29
|-
! 5
| [[Susanna Pöykiö]] || {{FIN}} || 143.36 || 8 || 48.48 || 5 || 94.88
|-
! 6
| [[Viktoria Volchkova]] || {{RUS}} || 139.57 || 6 || 53.54 || 8 || 86.03
|-
! 7
| [[Annie Bellemare]] || {{CAN}} || 138.79 || 9 || 48.08 || 6 || 90.71
|-
! 8
| [[Yukari Nakano]] || {{JPN}} || 132.10 || 10 || 44.20 || 7 || 87.90
|-
! 9
| [[Carolina Kostner]] || {{ITA}} || 127.29 || 7 || 49.22 || 10 || 78.07
|-
! 10
| [[Galina Maniachenko]] || {{UKR}} || 127.13 || 5 || 53.54 || 12 || 73.59
|-
! 11
| [[Julia Lautowa]] || {{AUT}} || 122.48 || 12 || 39.10 || 9 || 83.38
|-
! 12
| [[Michelle Currie]] || {{CAN}} || 116.16 || 11 || 41.04 || 11 || 75.12
|}
<ref name="results" />

===Pairs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free skating|FS]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Pang Qing]] / [[Tong Jian]] || {{CHN}} || 185.04 || 1 || 67.08 || 2 || 117.96
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova]] / [[Alexei Tikhonov]] || {{RUS}} || 184.92 || 2 || 64.94 || 1 || 119.98
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Zhang Dan]] / [[Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao]] || {{CHN}} || 171.26 || 4 || 56.14 || 3 || 115.12
|-
! 4
| [[Utako Wakamatsu]] / [[Jean-Sébastien Fecteau]] || {{CAN}} || 163.88 || 3 || 56.88 || 5 || 107.00
|-
! 5
| [[Tiffany Scott]] / [[Philip Dulebohn]] || {{USA}} || 159.28 || 6 || 51.12 || 4 || 108.16
|-
! 6
| [[Elizabeth Putnam (figure skater)|Elizabeth Putnam]] / [[Sean Wirtz]] || {{CAN}} || 154.40 || 5 || 52.02 || 6 || 102.38
|-
! 7
| [[Larisa Spielberg]] / [[Craig Joeright]] || {{USA}} || 136.54 || 7 || 50.82 || 7 || 85.72
|-
! 8
| [[Kathryn Orscher]] / [[Garrett Lucash]] || {{USA}} || 130.16 || 8 || 46.44 || 8 || 83.72
|-
! 9
| Veronika Havlíčková / [[Karel Štefl]] || {{CZE}} || 123.16 || 10 || 40.12 || 9 || 83.04
|-
! 10
| [[Marylin Pla]] / [[Yannick Bonheur]] || {{FRA}} || 120.74 || 9 || 41.64 || 10 || 79.10
|}
<ref name="results" />

===Ice dancing===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Compulsory dance|CD]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Original dance|OD]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free dance (figure skating)|FD]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Tanith Belbin]] / [[Benjamin Agosto]] || {{USA}} || 212.08 || 2 || 40.02 || 2 || 61.27 || 1 || 110.79
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Elena Grushina]] / [[Ruslan Goncharov]] || {{UKR}} || 197.66 || 1 || 40.53 || 3 || 56.57 || 2 || 100.56
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Isabelle Delobel]] / [[Olivier Schoenfelder]] || {{FRA}} || 197.59 || 3 || 37.15 || 1 || 61.67 || 3 || 98.77
|-
! 4
| [[Federica Faiella]] / [[Massimo Scali]] || {{ITA}} || 178.78 || 4 || 34.38 || 4 || 51.96 || 5 || 92.44
|-
! 5
| [[Melissa Gregory]] / [[Denis Petukhov]] || {{USA}} || 177.48 || 5 || 32.99 || 5 || 51.75 || 4 || 92.74
|-
! 6
| [[Christie Moxley]] / [[Alexander Kirsanov]] || {{USA}} || 152.26 || 6 || 31.12 || 7 || 42.95 || 6 || 78.19
|-
! 7
| [[Natalia Gudina]] / [[Alexei Beletski]] || {{ISR}} || 148.50 || 7 || 29.68 || 6 || 43.66 || 7 || 75.16
|-
! 8
| [[Julia Golovina]] / [[Oleg Voiko]] || {{UKR}} || 131.76 || 8 || 27.88 || 8 || 41.15 || 9 || 62.73
|-
! 9
| Melissa Piperno / Liam Dougherty || {{CAN}} || 127.88 || 9 || 25.05 || 9 || 34.50 || 8 || 68.33
|-
! 10
| [[Yu Xiaoyang]] / [[Wang Chen (figure skater)|Wang Chen]] || {{CHN}} || 117.79 || 10 || 23.96 || 10 || 32.47 || 10 || 61.36
|}
<ref name="results" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Skate America Figure skating}}
{{2003–04 in figure skating}}

[[Category:2003 in figure skating|Skate America, 2003]]
[[Category:Skate America]]