| Date | 26 November 1956 |
|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkady Vorobyov |  URS | 177.5 | o | ||||
| Kamineni Eswara Rao |  IND | 147.5 | o | ||||
| Dave Sheppard |  USA | 185.0 | x | ||||
| Hassan Rahnavardi |  IRI | 162.5 | x | ||||
| Ivan Veselinov |  BUL | 160.0 | x | ||||
| Tan Kim Bee |  MAL | 160.0 | x | ||||
| Manny Santos |  AUS | 160.0 | x | ||||
| Syd Harrington |  GBR | 157.5 | x | ||||
| Leonard Treganowan | AUS | 155.0 | x | ||||
| Bruno Barabani |  BRA | 155.0 | x | ||||
| Lennox Kilgour |  TTO | 150.0 | x | ||||
| Carlos Seigelshifer |  ARG | 150.0 | x |
