1997 Skate Canada International
# 1997 Skate Canada International

The 1997 Skate Canada International was the third event of six in the 1997–98 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 6–9. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1997–98 Champions Series Final.

## Results

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Elvis Stojko | Canada | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ilia Kulik | Russia | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Michael Tyllesen | Denmark | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Yamato Tamura | Japan | 7.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Laurent Tobel | France | 9.0 | 10 | 4 |
| 6 | Cornel Gheorghe | Romania | 10.0 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Daniel Hollander | United States | 10.0 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Jeffery Langdon | Canada | 10.5 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Neil Wilson | United Kingdom | 12.5 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | Ravi Walia | Canada | 14.5 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Sven Meyer | Germany | 17.0 | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Markus Leminen | Finland | 17.5 | 11 | 12 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michelle Kwan | United States | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Maria Butyrskaya | Russia | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Surya Bonaly | France | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Szusanna Szwed | Poland | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Nicole Bobek | United States | 9.0 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Olga Markova | Russia | 9.5 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Vanessa Gusmeroli | France | 10.5 | 11 | 5 |
| 8 | Julia Lautowa | Austria | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Rena Inoue | Japan | 12.5 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | Alisa Drei | Finland | 14.5 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Brandi-Lee Rousseau | Canada | 17.0 | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Keyla Ohs | Canada | 17.0 | 10 | 12 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev | Russia | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Marina Khaltourina / Andrei Krioukov | Kazakhstan | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis | France | 4.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek | Poland | 6.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz | Canada | 7.0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Michelle Menzies / Jean-Michel Bombardier | Canada | 8.0 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells | United States | 10.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Danielle McGrath / Stephen Carr | Australia | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Samantha Marchant / Chad Hawse | Canada | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred | United Kingdom | 15.0 | 10 | 10 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD | OD | FD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Canada | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow | United States | 4.4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh | Russia | 5.6 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas | Lithuania | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet | Canada | 11.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga | Kazakhstan | 12.0 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo | France | 13.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski | Bulgaria | 17.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev | United States | 19.0 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido | Japan | 20.0 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| WD | Angelika Führing / Bruno Ellinger | Austria | | 10 | 10 | |
