1995 Skate America
Results -- Men
Table:
Rank

Name

Nation

TFP

SP

FS

1

Todd Eldredge
United States
1.5
1
1

2

Michael Weiss
United States
4.5
5
2

3

Alexander Abt
Russia
4.5
3
3

4

Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Ukraine
6.0
4
4

5

Andrejs Vlascenko
Germany
7.0
2
6

6

Ilia Kulik
Russia
8.0
6
5

7

Stephane Yvars
Canada
11.0
8
7

8

Aren Nielsen
United States
11.5
7
8

9

Nicholas Pétorin
France
13.5
9
9

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