The 2007 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2007–08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania on October 25–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2007–08 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.

2007 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 25 – 28
Season:2007–08
Location:Reading, Pennsylvania
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Sovereign Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Daisuke Takahashi
Ladies' singles:
United States Kimmie Meissner
Pairs:
Canada Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison
Ice dance:
United States Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
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2008 Skate America
Next GP:
2007 Skate Canada International

Schedule

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  • Friday, Oct. 26
    • 6:00 p.m. - Compulsory dance
    • 7:35 p.m. - Pairs' short program
    • 9:10 p.m. - Men's short program
  • Saturday, Oct. 27
    • 2:00 p.m. - Original dance
    • 3:45 p.m. - Pairs' free skating
    • 6:00 p.m. - Ladies' short program
    • 7:55 p.m. - Men's free skating
  • Sunday, Oct. 28
    • 2:00 p.m. - Free dance
    • 4:08 p.m. - Ladies' free skating
    • 7:30 p.m. - Exhibition of Champions

Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 228.97 1 80.04 2 148.93
2 Evan Lysacek   United States 220.08 2 67.70 1 152.38
3 Patrick Chan   Canada 213.33 3 67.47 3 145.86
4 Stephen Carriere   United States 196.33 6 66.85 4 129.48
5 Alban Préaubert   France 194.40 4 67.05 5 127.35
6 Ryan Bradley   United States 181.66 8 58.69 6 122.97
7 Andrei Lutai   Russia 180.88 5 66.91 8 113.97
8 Takahiko Kozuka   Japan 177.47 10 56.25 7 121.22
9 Kevin Reynolds   Canada 169.12 7 59.25 9 109.87
10 Yasuharu Nanri   Japan 153.99 9 57.84 12 96.15
11 Kristoffer Berntsson   Sweden 152.52 11 54.15 10 98.37
12 Karel Zelenka   Italy 144.51 12 46.14 11 98.37

Referee: Beth Crane

Technical Controller: Igor Prokop

Technical Specialist: Vladimir Petrenko

Assistant Technical Specialist: David Santee

Judge No.1: Karen Butcher  

Judge No.2: Raffaella Locatelli  

Judge No.3: Anne G. Shean  

Judge No.4: Igor Obraztsov  

Judge No.5: Kerstin Kimminus  

Judge No.6: Salome Chigogidze  

Judge No.7: Leena Kurri  

Judge No.8: Mona Jonsson  

Judge No.9: Masako Kubota  

Judge No.10: Valerie Greugny  

Data Operator: Marylin Kreuzinger

Replay Operator: David Kirby

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Kimmie Meissner   United States 163.23 1 59.24 2 103.99
2 Miki Ando   Japan 161.89 2 56.58 1 105.31
3 Caroline Zhang   United States 153.35 3 56.48 3 96.87
4 Emily Hughes   United States 140.50 4 47.66 5 92.84
5 Mira Leung   Canada 139.14 6 46.04 4 93.10
6 Elene Gedevanishvili   Georgia 126.06 11 38.30 6 87.76
7 Alexandra Ievleva   Russia 124.84 8 44.78 7 80.06
8 Mai Asada   Japan 120.49 5 47.66 9 73.67
9 Tuğba Karademir   Turkey 119.26 10 41.58 8 77.68
10 Valentina Marchei   Italy 116.44 9 44.64 10 71.80
11 Xu Binshu   China 112.46 7 45.16 11 67.30

Referee: Hely Abbondati

Technical Controller: Steve Winkler

Technical Specialist: Jayson Peace

Assistant Technical Specialist: Vladimir Petrenko

Judge No.1: Karen Howard  

Judge No.2: Elena Buriak  

Judge No.3: Salome Chigogidze  

Judge No.4: Wei Shi  

Judge No.5: Mayumi Kato  

Judge No.6: Mona Jonsson  

Judge No.7: Raffaella Locatelli  

Judge No.8: William S. Smith  

Judge No.9: Karen Jones  

Judge No.10: Leena Kurri  

Data Operator: Marylin Kreuzinger

Replay Operator: David Santee

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison   Canada 173.26 1 60.80 1 112.46
2 Pang Qing / Tong Jian   China 165.19 2 60.32 2 104.87
3 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov   Russia 159.58 3 56.76 3 102.82
4 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig   United States 140.40 4 46.18 4 94.22
5 Meeran Trombley / Laureano Ibarra   United States 132.42 5 45.48 5 86.94
6 Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek   Italy 114.66 7 38.76 6 75.90
7 Stacey Kemp / David King   United Kingdom 109.27 6 44.74 7 64.53

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD
1 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto   United States 192.95 1 36.03 1 59.24 1 97.68
2 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat   France 181.84 2 34.56 2 56.95 2 90.33
3 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali   Italy 172.28 3 31.43 3 54.56 3 86.29
4 Meryl Davis / Charlie White   United States 168.79 5 30.16 4 52.84 4 85.79
5 Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin   Azerbaijan 167.80 4 31.19 5 51.23 5 85.38
6 Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre   United States 159.93 6 27.90 6 51.13 6 80.90
7 Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski   Israel 157.85 7 27.80 7 51.12 8 78.93
8 Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer   Russia 151.58 8 26.95 8 45.46 7 79.17
9 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed   Japan 142.63 9 26.47 9 43.79 9 72.37
10 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen   China 135.29 10 22.14 10 43.19 10 69.96
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  • Official site
  • Starting Orders and Results
  • 2007 Skate America at ISU
  • 2007 Skate America at U.S. Figure Skating
  • "2007/08 Grand Prix Announcement" (PDF). (76.3 KiB)