The 2008 NHK Trophy was the final 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 Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on November 27–30. 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 Paso Doble.
| 2008 NHK Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 27 – 30 |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Location: | Tokyo |
| Host: | Japan Skating Federation |
| Venue: | Yoyogi National Gymnasium |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Nobunari Oda | |
| Ladies' singles: Mao Asada | |
Pairs:  Pang Qing / Tong Jian | |
Ice dance:  Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali | |
| Previous: 2007 NHK Trophy | |
| Next: 2009 NHK Trophy | |
| Previous GP: 2008 Cup of Russia | |
| Next GP: 2008–09 Grand Prix Final | |
Schedule
edit(Japan local time, UTC+9)
- Friday, November 28
- 14:15 Ice dancing - Compulsory dance
- 15:35 Pairs - Short program
- 17:00 Men - Short program
- 18:55 Ladies - Short program
- 20:45 Ice dancing - Original dance
- Saturday, November 29
- 14:15 Pairs - Free skating
- 15:56 Ice dancing - Free skating
- 18:42 Ladies - Free skating
- Sunday, November 30
- 13:00 Men - Free skating
- 16:00 Gala exhibition
Results
editMen
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobunari Oda | Japan |
236.18 | 1 | 81.63 | 1 | 154.55 |
| 2 | Johnny Weir |  United States |
224.42 | 2 | 78.15 | 2 | 146.27 |
| 3 | Yannick Ponsero |  France |
217.24 | 3 | 74.39 | 3 | 142.85 |
| 4 | Kevin Reynolds |  Canada |
199.74 | 6 | 67.51 | 4 | 132.23 |
| 5 | Takahito Mura | Japan |
198.07 | 4 | 69.70 | 5 | 128.37 |
| 6 | Stephen Carriere | United States |
192.30 | 5 | 68.99 | 6 | 123.31 |
| 7 | Adrian Schultheiss |  Sweden |
177.75 | 7 | 66.31 | 7 | 111.44 |
| 8 | Yasuharu Nanri | Japan |
167.73 | 8 | 63.87 | 10 | 103.86 |
| 9 | Andrei Lutai |  Russia |
166.36 | 11 | 56.34 | 8 | 110.02 |
| 10 | Peter Liebers |  Germany |
165.90 | 10 | 58.27 | 9 | 107.63 |
| 11 | Anton Kovalevski |  Ukraine |
157.94 | 9 | 58.84 | 12 | 99.10 |
| 12 | Jamal Othman |  Switzerland |
157.90 | 12 | 55.94 | 11 | 101.96 |
Ladies
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mao Asada | Japan |
191.13 | 1 | 64.64 | 1 | 126.49 |
| 2 | Akiko Suzuki | Japan |
167.64 | 4 | 55.56 | 2 | 112.08 |
| 3 | Yukari Nakano | Japan |
166.87 | 5 | 54.82 | 3 | 112.05 |
| 4 | Ashley Wagner | United States |
161.10 | 2 | 61.52 | 5 | 99.58 |
| 5 | Laura Lepistö |  Finland |
158.85 | 3 | 59.14 | 4 | 99.71 |
| 6 | Katrina Hacker | United States |
139.46 | 6 | 53.80 | 6 | 85.66 |
| 7 | Cynthia Phaneuf | Canada |
138.90 | 7 | 53.48 | 7 | 85.42 |
| 8 | Mirai Nagasu | United States |
124.22 | 8 | 50.14 | 9 | 74.08 |
| 9 | Kim Na-young |  South Korea |
119.77 | 9 | 47.92 | 11 | 71.85 |
| 10 | Annette Dytrt | Germany |
115.57 | 12 | 37.62 | 8 | 77.95 |
| 11 | Anastasia Gimazetdinova |  Uzbekistan |
115.10 | 10 | 42.84 | 10 | 72.26 |
| 12 | Katarina Gerboldt | Russia |
113.95 | 11 | 42.42 | 12 | 71.53 |
Pairs
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China |
186.06 | 1 | 63.10 | 1 | 122.96 |
| 2 | Rena Inoue / John Baldwin | United States |
161.49 | 2 | 57.60 | 2 | 103.89 |
| 3 | Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison | Canada |
156.76 | 3 | 55.24 | 3 | 101.52 |
| 4 | Stacey Kemp / David King |  United Kingdom |
132.89 | 4 | 49.36 | 4 | 83.53 |
| 5 | Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov |  Estonia |
127.70 | 6 | 45.32 | 5 | 82.38 |
| 6 | Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy |
127.18 | 7 | 45.10 | 6 | 82.08 |
| 7 | Meeran Trombley / Laureano Ibarra | United States |
124.92 | 8 | 44.40 | 7 | 80.52 |
| 8 | Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart | Canada |
124.80 | 5 | 47.78 | 8 | 77.02 |
Ice dancing
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali | Italy |
176.67 | 1 | 35.61 | 2 | 53.78 | 2 | 87.28 |
| 2 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | France |
175.42 | 2 | 33.20 | 1 | 54.27 | 1 | 87.95 |
| 3 | Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates | United States |
161.45 | 3 | 32.18 | 4 | 50.92 | 4 | 78.35 |
| 4 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia |
159.96 | 6 | 29.80 | 5 | 49.61 | 3 | 80.55 |
| 5 | Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov | Russia |
159.51 | 4 | 31.54 | 3 | 51.80 | 6 | 76.17 |
| 6 | Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre | United States |
155.60 | 5 | 31.01 | 6 | 47.91 | 5 | 76.68 |
| 7 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada |
151.10 | 7 | 28.70 | 7 | 46.58 | 7 | 75.82 |
| 8 | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | Japan |
135.83 | 8 | 27.17 | 10 | 39.87 | 8 | 68.79 |
| 9 | Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen | China |
131.90 | 9 | 25.46 | 8 | 40.78 | 9 | 65.66 |
| 10 | Isabella Pajardi / Stefano Caruso | Italy |
128.35 | 10 | 23.86 | 9 | 40.52 | 10 | 63.97 |
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2008 NHK Trophy.
- 2008 NHK Trophy at the International Skating Union
- 2008 NHK Trophy at the Japan Skating Federation
- "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 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- "Ladies' Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- "Pairs' Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- "Ice dancing Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-11-14.