The men's parallel bars event was part of the gymnastics programme

Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, eleven events in gymnastics were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from Monday, August 8, 1932 to Friday, August 12, 1932.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 at the 1932 Summer Olympics

1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...

. It was one of eleven gymnastics events for men and it was contested for the fifth time after 1896, 1904, 1924, and 1928. The competition was held on Friday, August 12, 1932.

Fifteen gymnasts from six nations competed.

Medalists

Results

A separate competition was held, unrelated to the all-around event. Two exercises were contested with the results based on total points.

Place	Gymnast	Total	1st ex.	2nd ex.
1		56.9	28.2	28.7
2		55.8	27.7	28.1
3		54.8	27.5	27.3
4		53.4	27.7	25.7
5		52.6	26.9	25.7
6		52.4	26.6	25.8
7		51.9	25.7	26.2
		51.9	26.2	25.7
9		51.8	25.7	26.1
10		51.1	25.0	26.1
11		50.7	25.3	25.4
12		48.2	24.1	24.1
13		44.9	21.0	23.9
14		41.9	20.5	21.4
15		41.2	20.2	21.0