The men's team parallel bars was the first of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme.

[1] This was the only appearance of the event, which was one of two team apparatus events contested at the 1896 Games (along with a team horizontal bar competition).

[2] There were 10 sets of parallel bars made available to the teams.

Judges scored the routines on execution, rhythm, and technical difficulty.

[2] The men's team parallel bars was held in the afternoon of the fourth day of events.