1979 Skate America

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1979 Skate America
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Season:1979–80
Location: Lake Placid, New York
Host: U.S. Figure Skating
Venue: Olympic Center Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hamilton
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Lisa-Marie Allen
Pair skating:
Flag of East Germany.svg Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
Ice dance:
Flag of Hungary.svg Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay
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The 1979 Skate America (officially called Norton Skate) was held in Lake Placid, New York. This was the inaugural event. It was the test event for the upcoming 1980 Winter Olympics. [1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

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Results

Men

RankNameNation
1 Scott Hamilton Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 Scott Cramer Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 Jan Hoffmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
...

Ladies

RankNameNation
1 Lisa-Marie Allen Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 Susanna Driano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
3 Sandy Lenz Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4 Denise Biellmann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland

Pairs

RankNameNation
1 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
2 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 Vicki Heasley / Robert Wagenhoffer Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4 Zhanna Ilyina / Alexander Ulasov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Ice dancing

RankNameNation
1 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
3 Lorna Wighton / John Dowding Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
4 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5
6 Carol Fox / Richard Dalley Flag of the United States.svg  United States
...

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References

  1. Thomson, Candus (November 10, 2009). "Stars remember how Skate America began". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on March 12, 2014.