The men's vault competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 9 and 18 at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium.

[1] The event was won by Leszek Blanik of Poland, the nation's first victory in the men's vault.

Blanik was the seventh man to win multiple medals in the event, adding to his 2000 bronze.

Anton Golotsutskov of Russia took bronze, putting the nation back on the podium after a one-Games absence.

Two of the eight finalists from 2004 returned: bronze medalist Marian Drăgulescu of Romania and fourth-place finisher Kyle Shewfelt of Canada.

Three others (two-time gold medalist Gervasio Deferr of Spain, seventh-place finisher Li Xiaopeng of China, and sixth-place finisher Róbert Gál of Hungary) competed in Beijing but did not make the two vault attempts necessary to participate in the vault event.

Leszek Blanik of Poland, the 2000 bronze medalist, was the reigning (2007) world champion and 2005 runner-up; Drăgulescu had won in 2001, 2005, and 2006.

For the vault, the final consisted of two attempts per gymnast, with the average score of the two counting.