The men's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program in Pusan, South Korea.

Seven races were scheduled.

58 sailors, on 29 boats, from 29 nations competed.

[1] DNF = Did Not Finish, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature Start Crossed out results did not count for the total result.

= Male, = Female