The men's parallel bars event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Robert Pražák of Czechoslovakia and Giorgio Zampori of Italy earned silver and bronze, respectively.

The 1922 world championship was won by Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, with a five-way tie for second between multiple gymnasts from each of Yugoslavia and Czechoslavkia (three of whom—Stane Derganc, Miroslav Klinger, and Stanislav Indruch—competed at the 1924 Games along with Štukelj.

[1] Three nations had previously competed, France and Switzerland in 1896 and the United States in 1904.

The other six nations (Czechoslovakia, Finland, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, and Yugoslavia) were competing for the first time.