Men Rings Gymnastics XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Kora - Saturday 24th September - Gold Medal: Holger Behrendt, East Germany and Dmitri Bilozertchev, Soviet Union
Venue: Olympic Gymnastics Hall.
Format: Eighty-eight (88) gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on September 19th and 21th. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final. 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.