| Date | 24 November 1956 |
|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fyodor Bogdanovsky | 165.0 | o | |||||
| Jan Bochenek | 150.0 | o | |||||
| Ermanno Pignatti | 147.5 | o | |||||
| Adrien Gilbert | 142.5 | o | |||||
| Jannie Greeff | 142.5 | o | |||||
| Pete George | 170.0 | x | |||||
| Kim Seong-Jip | 150.0 | x | |||||
| Ibrahim Payrovi | 150.0 | x | |||||
| Wong Kay Poh | 150.0 | x | |||||
| Krzysztof Beck | 147.5 | x | |||||
| Ko Bu-Beng | 145.0 | x | |||||
| Winston McArthur | 142.5 | x | |||||
| Carlos Caballero | 132.5 | x |