[1] This was the first time the team event for figure skating was held during the Olympic Games.

[2] The medals for the competition were presented by Alexander Zhukov, president of the Olympic Committee of the Russian Federation; Dick Pound, Canada; and Ottavio Cinquanta, Italy; IOC Members, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by David Dore, Canada; Marie Lundmark, Finland; Junko Hiramatsu, Japan; International Skating Union.

The following new best score was set during this competition: Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) tied the record of four Olympic figure skating medals (in the early years of the sport, Gillis Grafström won four medals between 1920 and 1932).

[5] Yulia Lipnitskaya (RUS) became the second-youngest Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, behind Maxi Herber who won pair skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

[citation needed] Under modern age eligibility rules, Herber would have been 99 days too young to skate at the Olympics.