# 2016 Skate America

The 2016 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sears Centre in Chicago, Illinois, on October 21–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 30, 2016.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Australia | Brendan Kerry | | | |
| Belgium | Jorik Hendrickx | | | |
| Canada | Nam Nguyen | Gabrielle Daleman | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | |
| China | Jin Boyang | | | |
| France | | | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | |
| Israel | | | | Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko |
| Italy | | Roberta Rodeghiero | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri |
| Japan | Shoma Uno | Mao Asada Mai Mihara Kanako Murakami | | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed |
| Latvia | | Angelīna Kučvaļska | | |
| South Korea | | Park So-youn | | Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin |
| Russia | Maxim Kovtun Sergei Voronov | Serafima Sakhanovich | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin |
| Turkey | | | | Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar |
| United States | Jason Brown Timothy Dolensky Adam Rippon | Mariah Bell Gracie Gold Ashley Wagner | Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes |
| August 10 | Pairs | Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | Split |
| August 16 | Men | N/A | Timothy Dolensky | Host pick |
| August 22 | Ladies | N/A | Angela Wang | Host pick |
| September 9 | Ice dancing | N/A | Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit | Host pick |
| September 14 | Pairs | N/A | Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran | Host pick |
| September 22 and 23 | Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Injury (Sui) |
| September 22 and 23 | Ice dancing | Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov | Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin | |
| October 12 | Ladies | Angela Wang | Mariah Bell | Injury |
| October 16 | Men | Denis Ten | Not replaced | |
| October 17 | Ladies | Yulia Lipnitskaya | Not replaced | Injury |
| October 20 | Men | Daisuke Murakami | Not replaced | Injury |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 279.34 | 1 | 89.15 | 1 | 190.19 |
| 2 | Jason Brown | United States | 268.38 | 3 | 85.75 | 2 | 182.63 |
| 3 | Adam Rippon | United States | 261.43 | 2 | 87.32 | 3 | 174.11 |
| 4 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 245.28 | 5 | 78.68 | 5 | 166.60 |
| 5 | Jin Boyang | China | 245.08 | 8 | 72.93 | 4 | 172.15 |
| 6 | Nam Nguyen | Canada | 239.26 | 4 | 79.62 | 7 | 159.64 |
| 7 | Maxim Kovtun | Russia | 230.75 | 10 | 67.43 | 6 | 163.32 |
| 8 | Timothy Dolensky | United States | 226.53 | 6 | 77.59 | 8 | 148.94 |
| 9 | Jorik Hendrickx | Belgium | 224.91 | 7 | 76.62 | 9 | 148.29 |
| 10 | Brendan Kerry | Australia | 211.76 | 9 | 71.62 | 10 | 140.14 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Ashley Wagner | United States | 196.44 | 1 | 69.50 | 2 | 126.94 |
| 2 | Mariah Bell | United States | 191.59 | 6 | 60.92 | 1 | 130.67 |
| 3 | Mai Mihara | Japan | 189.28 | 2 | 65.75 | 3 | 123.53 |
| 4 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada | 186.63 | 4 | 64.49 | 4 | 122.14 |
| 5 | Gracie Gold | United States | 184.22 | 3 | 64.87 | 5 | 119.35 |
| 6 | Mao Asada | Japan | 176.78 | 5 | 64.47 | 6 | 112.31 |
| 7 | Serafima Sakhanovich | Russia | 163.84 | 8 | 56.52 | 7 | 107.32 |
| 8 | Park So-youn | South Korea | 161.36 | 7 | 58.16 | 8 | 103.20 |
| 9 | Roberta Rodeghiero | Italy | 149.13 | 9 | 52.62 | 10 | 96.51 |
| 10 | Kanako Murakami | Japan | 145.03 | 10 | 47.87 | 9 | 97.16 |
| 11 | Angelīna Kučvaļska | Latvia | 134.97 | 11 | 47.80 | 11 | 87.17 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada | 197.31 | 3 | 66.49 | 1 | 130.82 |
| 2 | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | United States | 192.65 | 2 | 67.29 | 2 | 125.36 |
| 3 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 185.94 | 1 | 75.24 | 5 | 110.70 |
| 4 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France | 174.65 | 4 | 65.78 | 7 | 108.87 |
| 5 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Russia | 174.52 | 5 | 64.34 | 6 | 110.18 |
| 6 | Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea | United States | 173.50 | 8 | 57.93 | 3 | 115.57 |
| 7 | Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran | United States | 171.95 | 7 | 61.17 | 4 | 110.78 |
| 8 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 169.69 | 6 | 62.49 | 8 | 107.20 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States | 185.75 | 1 | 73.04 | 1 | 112.71 |
| 2 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 175.77 | 3 | 68.78 | 2 | 106.99 |
| 3 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia | 174.77 | 2 | 68.92 | 3 | 105.85 |
| 4 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 165.44 | 5 | 64.79 | 4 | 100.65 |
| 5 | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin | Russia | 165.16 | 4 | 66.60 | 6 | 98.56 |
| 6 | Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko | Israel | 161.99 | 6 | 63.33 | 5 | 98.66 |
| 7 | Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit | United States | 151.76 | 8 | 58.18 | 7 | 93.58 |
| 8 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Japan | 147.37 | 10 | 56.19 | 8 | 91.18 |
| 9 | Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar | Turkey | 146.10 | 7 | 58.98 | 9 | 87.12 |
| 10 | Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin | South Korea | 141.50 | 9 | 56.25 | 10 | 85.25 |