The men's parallel bars competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 28 July and 7 August.

[2] Feng Zhe of China won the gold medal, his nation's second consecutive victory in the parallel bars competition and third overall.

[2] Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Slovakia, and Vietnam each made their debut in the men's parallel bars.

[3] Kōhei Uchimura finished fifth in the qualifying round but did not advance because two other Japanese competitors, Kazuhito and Yusuke Tanaka, placed first and second.

The normal tie-breakers were unable to separate Zhang Chenglong and Hamilton Sabot, so both advanced.