2008 Skate Canada International

The 2008 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario on October 30 – November 2. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Pasodoble.

2008 Skate Canada International
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 30 – November 2
Season:2008–09
Location:Ottawa, Ontario
Host:Skate Canada
Venue:Scotiabank Place
Champions
Men's singles:
Canada Patrick Chan
Ladies' singles:
Canada Joannie Rochette
Pair skating:
Russia Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov
Ice dance:
United States Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Previous:
2007 Skate Canada International
Next:
2009 Skate Canada International
Previous GP:
2008 Skate America
Next GP:
2008 Cup of China

Schedule

The switch from daylight saving time to standard time was on November 2. Therefore, the events on Friday and Saturday were UTC-4, and the events on Sunday were UTC-5.

  • Friday, October 31
    • 12:05 Pairs' short program
    • 14:10 Ladies' short program
    • 18:30 Compulsory dance
    • 19:45 Men's short program
  • Saturday, November 1
    • 10:45 Original dance
    • 13:25 Pairs' free skating
    • 16:05 Men's free skating
    • 17:45 Medal ceremonies - Men and pairs
    • 19:05 Ladies' free skating
    • 20:50 Medal ceremonies - Ladies
  • Sunday, November 2
    • 12:15 Free dance
    • 13:30 Medal ceremonies - Ice dancing
    • 15:05 Exhibition gala

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Patrick Chan Canada215.45277.473137.98
2 Ryan Bradley United States212.75372.502140.25
3 Evan Lysacek United States209.27471.404137.87
4 Yannick Ponsero France208.97178.056130.92
5 Shawn Sawyer Canada206.56764.201142.36
6 Sergei Voronov Russia201.59570.455131.14
7 Brandon Mroz United States192.23667.037125.20
8 Yasuharu Nanri Japan177.84963.369114.48
9 Anton Kovalevski Ukraine170.61864.0610106.55
10 Jeremy Ten Canada169.791150.938118.86
11 Vladimir Uspenski Russia150.501056.171194.33

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Joannie Rochette Canada188.89164.741124.15
2 Fumie Suguri Japan163.86257.923105.94
3 Alissa Czisny United States157.92649.662108.26
4 Carolina Kostner Italy152.76748.564104.20
5 Caroline Zhang United States150.80353.28597.52
6 Beatrisa Liang United States142.12549.92692.20
7 Jenna McCorkell United Kingdom139.37451.64887.73
8 Cynthia Phaneuf Canada133.47945.06788.41
9 Nana Takeda Japan128.93845.14983.79
10 Jenni Vähämaa Finland122.751044.901077.85
11 Jelena Glebova Estonia116.381141.181175.20
12 Myriane Samson Canada112.741240.421272.32

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov Russia176.97165.022111.95
2 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison Canada176.54360.141116.40
3 Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker United States161.51260.663100.85
4 Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall Canada149.14650.76498.38
5 Tiffany Vise / Derek Trent United States148.52453.94594.58
6 Rachel Kirkland / Eric Radford Canada141.66750.08691.58
7 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig United States138.14847.04791.10
8 Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming China127.17550.84876.33

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD
1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White United States178.89134.29156.36188.24
2 Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier Canada162.13431.11349.13281.89
3 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat France159.06233.90647.37377.79
4 Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov Russia157.83530.50249.82477.51
5 Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre United States157.54331.67448.68577.19
6 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Russia151.62728.42547.83675.37
7 Jennifer Wester / Daniil Barantsev United States141.06628.71743.70768.65
8 Andrea Chong / Guillame Gfeller Canada136.99826.29843.24867.46
  • 2008 Skate Canada official site
  • Skate Canada International at Skate Canada
  • 2008 Skate Canada International at the International Skating Union
  • "2008–09 Grand Prix Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  • "Men's Entries". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  • "Ladies' Entries". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  • "Pairs Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  • "Ice Dancing Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
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