| Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics |
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| Artistic | ||||
| Team all-around | men | women | ||
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| Individual all-around | men | women | ||
| Vault | men | women | ||
| Floor | men | women | ||
| Pommel horse | men | |||
| Rings | men | |||
| Parallel bars | men | |||
| Horizontal bar | men | |||
| Uneven bars | women | |||
| Balance beam | women | |||
| Rhythmic | ||||
| Individual all-around | women | |||
These are the results of the men's vault competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 29, 31 and August 4 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion.
| Gold | Lou Yun China (CHN) |
| Silver | Li Ning China (CHN) |
| Silver | Koji Gushiken Japan (JPN) |
| Silver | Mitchell Gaylord United States (USA) |
| Silver | Shinji Morisue Japan (JPN) |
Seventy-one gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 29 and 301st. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 4. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final. Half of the points earned by each gymnast during both the compulsory and optional rounds carried over to the final. This constitutes the "prelim" score.
| Rank | Gymnast | C | O | Prelim | Final | Total |
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| Lou Yun (CHN) | 10.000 | 10.000 | 10.000 | 9.950 | 19.950 | |
| Li Ning (CHN) | 10.000 | 9.750 | 9.875 | 9.950 | 19.825 | |
| Koji Gushiken (JPN) | 9.850 | 9.900 | 9.875 | 9.950 | 19.825 | |
| Mitchell Gaylord (USA) | 9.950 | 9.900 | 9.925 | 9.900 | 19.825 | |
| Shinji Morisue (JPN) | 9.950 | 9.750 | 9.850 | 9.975 | 19.825 | |
| 6 | James Hartung (USA) | 9.900 | 9.900 | 9.900 | 9.900 | 19.800 |
| 7 | Warren Long (CAN) | 9.850 | 9.850 | 9.850 | 9.850 | 19.700 |
| 8 | Daniel Wunderlin (SUI) | 9.900 | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.775 | 19.625 |
| Preceded by Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's vault |
Men's Vault Event 1984 |
Succeeded by Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's vault |