The men's vault (or "jumps") event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam.

Emanuel Löffler gave Czechoslovakia its second consecutive silver medal.

Switzerland and the United States were each making their third appearance, tied for most of any nation.

For 1928, the vault competition consisted of two different jumps: one over a sideways (perpendicular to the approach) pommel horse and one of a lengthwise (parallel to the approach) over a vaulting horse (with no pommels).

The combined score for the two jumps, of a maximum 30 points, was the result of the event.