The Men's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics program in Rio de Janeiro, in the 470 dinghy.

It took place between 10 and 17 August at Marina da Glória.

11 races (the last one a medal race) were held.

[1] The medals were presented by Barry Maister, IOC member, New Zealand and Carlo Croce, President of World Sailing.

Scoring system: low-point system; Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); DNE – Non excludable disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;