| Date | 26 November 1956 |
|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | K | =,= | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP | 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 | ||||
| Sydney 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 |