| | Top level | Event type
Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kilograms), Men – Clean & Jerk, Lift #1
| Date | 26 November 1956 |
|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | K | =,= | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkady Vorobyov |  URS | 170.0 | o | ||||
| Jean Debuf |  FRA | 162.5 | o | ||||
| Hassan Rahnavardi |  IRI | 157.5 | o | ||||
| Tan Kim Bee |  MAL | 150.0 | o | ||||
| Sydney Harrington |  GBR | 145.0 | o | ||||
| Lennox Kilgour |  TTO | 140.0 | o | ||||
| Kamineni Eswara Rao |  IND | 135.0 | o | ||||
| Dave Sheppard |  USA | 165.0 | x | ||||
| Ivan Veselinov |  BUL | 155.0 | x | ||||
| Leonard Treganowan |  AUS | 150.0 | x | ||||
| Manny Santos | AUS | 150.0 | x | ||||
| Carlos Seigelshifer |  ARG | 150.0 | x | ||||
| Bruno Barabani |  BRA | 145.0 | x |