| Date | 26 November 1956 |
|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkady Vorobyov |  URS | 147.5 | o | ||||
| Hassan Rahnavardi |  IRI | 140.0 | o | ||||
| Leonard Treganowan |  AUS | 122.5 | o | ||||
| Jean Debuf |  FRA | 130.0 | o | ||||
| Carlos Seigelshifer |  ARG | 125.0 | o | ||||
| Kamineni Eswara Rao |  IND | 122.5 | o | ||||
| Tan Kim Bee |  MAL | 117.5 | o | ||||
| Syd Harrington |  GBR | 115.0 | o | ||||
| Dave Sheppard |  USA | 145.0 | x | ||||
| Ivan Veselinov |  BUL | 135.0 | x | ||||
| Czesław Białas |  POL | 135.0 | x | ||||
| Lennox Kilgour |  TTO | 132.5 | x | ||||
| Manny Santos | AUS | 130.0 | x | ||||
| Park Dong-Cheol |  KOR | 122.5 | x | ||||
| Bruno Barabani |  BRA | 115.0 | x |
