# 2002 Skate America

The 2002 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2002–03 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington on October 23–27. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2002–03 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.

## Results
### Men

Reigning Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin withdrew with injury after the short program in what became the final competition of his amateur career. Brian Joubert went on to win the event for his first international title.
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Brian Joubert | France | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Alexander Abt | Russia | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Matthew Savoie | United States | 6.0 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Zhang Min | China | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Michael Weiss | United States | 8.5 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Emanuel Sandhu | Canada | 9.5 | 9 | 5 |
| 7 | Vakhtang Murvanidze | Georgia | 12.0 | 10 | 7 |
| 8 | Derrick Delmore | United States | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Sergei Davydov | Belarus | 12.5 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | Kensuke Nakaniwa | Japan | 15.5 | 11 | 10 |
| WD | Alexei Yagudin | Russia | | 1 | |

### Ladies

Yukari Nakano and Ludmila Nelidina both landed a triple Axel in their free skating, together becoming the first female skaters to perform the jump in international competition since Midori Ito landed it at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Nakano landed it first and Nelidina, who skated after her, also performed it successfully.
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Michelle Kwan | United States | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ann Patrice McDonough | United States | 5.0 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | Elena Liashenko | Ukraine | 5.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Jennifer Kirk | United States | 6.0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Ludmila Nelidina | Russia | 6.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Viktoria Volchkova | Russia | 8.5 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Yukari Nakano | Japan | 10.0 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 12.5 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Miriam Manzano | Australia | 13.0 | 10 | 8 |
| 10 | Annie Bellemare | Canada | 14.5 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Zuzana Babiaková | Slovakia | 17.0 | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Elina Kettunen | Finland | 17.5 | 11 | 12 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Russia | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Anabelle Langlois / Patrice Archetto | Canada | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China | 4.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | China | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov | Japan | 7.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn | United States | 9.0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Kathryn Orscher / Garrett Lucash | United States | 10.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Tatiana Chuvaeva / Dmitri Palamarchuk | Ukraine | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Kristen Roth / Michael McPherson | United States | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD | OD | FD |
| 1 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Ukraine | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Russia | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | United States | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski | Israel | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov | United States | 10.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin | Azerbaijan | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Emilie Nussear / Mathew Gates | United States | 14.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido | Japan | 16.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Josée Piché / Pascal Denis | Canada | 18.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 |