The 1991 Skate America was held at the Oakland Coliseum Arena in Oakland, California. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

1991 Skate America
Season:1991–92
Location:Oakland, California
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Oakland Coliseum Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Christopher Bowman
Ladies' singles:
United States Tonya Harding
Pairs:
United States Calla Urbanski / Rocky Marval
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Tatiana Navka / Samvel Gezalian
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Results

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Rank Name Nation
1 Christopher Bowman   United States
2 Petr Barna   Czechoslovakia
3 Todd Eldredge   United States
4 Michael Chack   United States
5 Éric Millot   France
6 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk   Soviet Union
7 Steven Cousins   United Kingdom
8 Mirko Eichhorn   Germany
9 Fumihiro Oikawa   Japan
10 Michael Slipchuk   Canada

Ladies

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Harding performed a triple axel in her short program and free skating. She became the first woman to land the triple axel in the short program in major international competition.[1]

Rank Name Nation
1 Tonya Harding   United States
2 Kristi Yamaguchi   United States
3 Surya Bonaly   France
4 Chen Lu   China
5 Natalia Gorbenko   Soviet Union
6 Tisha Walker   United States
7 Patricia Neske   Germany
8 Junko Yaginuma   Japan
9 Josée Chouinard   Canada
10 Nathalie Krieg   Switzerland

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation
1 Calla Urbanski / Rocky Marval   United States
2 Elena Nikonova / Nikolai Apter   Soviet Union
3 Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König   Germany
4 Elena Leonova / Sergey Petrovskiy   Soviet Union
5 Jennifer Huerlin / John Fredericksen   United States
6 Natasha Kuchiki / Todd Sand   United States
7 Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet   Canada
8 Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor   United Kingdom
9 Penny Papaioannou / Raoul Leblanc   Canada
10 Anna Tabacchi / Massimo Salvade   Italy

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation
1 Tatiana Navka / Samvel Gezalian   Soviet Union
2 Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko   Finland
3 Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel   France
4 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow   United States
5 Jacqueline Petr / Mark Janoschak   Canada
6 Rachel Mayer / Peter Breen   United States
7 Regina Woodward / Csaba Szentpéteri   Hungary
8 Anna Croci / Luca Mantovani   Italy
9 Beth Buhl / Neale Smull   United States
10 Ayako Higashino / Tatsuro Matsumura   Japan

References

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  1. ^ "Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment". Archived from the original on March 25, 2014.
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