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

Albert Séguin of France took silver, while August Güttinger of Switzerland and Ladislav Vácha tied for bronze.

The event was an unusual one, not one of the standard apparatus competitions held at the world championships.

[1][2] The United States and Great Britain were the only two nations to have competed in one of the prior rope climbing competitions (in 1904 and 1896, respectively); the other seven nations all made their debut in the event.

The rope climbing event was judged on time, with the fastest to reach the top winning.