The men's parallel bars competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

The qualification and final rounds took place July 27, 29 and August 2 at the Palau dels Esports de Barcelona.

There was a three-way tie for third, with Igor Korobchinski of the Unified Team, Guo Linyao of China, and Masayuki Matsunaga of Japan each receiving bronze medals.

[1] Puerto Rico and Slovenia each made their debut in the men's parallel bars; Russia and eleven other former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team.

The United States made its 16th appearance, most of any nation; the Americans had missed only the inaugural 1896 event and the boycotted 1980 Games.