| Date | 24 November 1956 |
|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fyodor Bogdanovsky | 157.5 | o | |||||
| Pete George | 157.5 | o | |||||
| Jan Bochenek | 142.5 | o | |||||
| Ibrahim Payrovi | 142.5 | o | |||||
| Ermanno Pignatti | 140.0 | o | |||||
| Kim Seong-Jip | 140.0 | o | |||||
| Krzysztof Beck | 140.0 | o | |||||
| Wong Kay Poh | 140.0 | o | |||||
| Ko Bu-Beng | 135.0 | o | |||||
| Adrien Gilbert | 132.5 | o | |||||
| Winston McArthur | 130.0 | o | |||||
| Jannie Greeff | 137.5 | x | |||||
| Carlos Caballero | 132.5 | x | |||||
| Fred Baugh | 122.5 | x |