[2][3] In the short dance, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir scored 83.67, breaking their own world record.

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron finished in second place, 1.74 points behind Virtue/Moir.

Papadakis/Cizeron were next to skate, and they broke their world records for both the free dance and the total score, finishing with 205.28 points.

[4] For the first time since ice dance became an Olympic event in 1976, no Soviet or Russian team won a medal.

Each country decided the entry of its teams, and athletes winning the quota were not necessarily granted the right to compete.