Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov, also of the Soviet Union, hold the record for the most gold medals won in ice dance (at six).

[9] Six skaters share the record for the most silver medals won (with three): Megan Taylor from Great Britain, Regine Heitzer from Austria, Gabriele Seyfert from East Germany, Surya Bonaly from France, Irina Slutskaya from Russia, and Michelle Kwan from the United States.

[8] Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev from the Soviet Union hold the record for the most gold medals won in pair skating and the longest winning streak at back-to-back events (with six).

[14] Rodnina won another four gold medals with her previous partner Alexei Ulanov and was undefeated at ten World Championships in a row.

[13] The record for total medals won is shared by two pairs (with eight each): Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy from Germany; and Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov from the Soviet Union.

Three pairs teams share the record for the most bronze medals (with three each): Marianna and László Nagy from Hungary, Cynthia and Ronald Kauffman from the United States, and Pang Qing and Tong Jian from China.

[16] Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov from the Soviet Union hold the record for the most gold medals won (with six) and the longest winning streak at back-to-back events (with five).