| | Top level | Event type
Heavyweight (>90 kilograms), Men – Clean & Jerk, Lift #3
| Date | 26 November 1956 |
|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | K | =,= | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP | Paul Anderson |  USA | 187.5 | o | |||
| Dave Baillie |  CAN | 162.5 | o | ||||
| Humberto Selvetti |  ARG | 185.0 | x | ||||
| Alberto Pigaiani |  ITA | 175.0 | x | ||||
| Firouz Pojhan |  IRI | 175.0 | x | ||||
| Eino Mäkinen |  FIN | 172.5 | x | ||||
| Franz Hölbl |  AUT | 165.0 | x | ||||
| Hugh Jones |  NZL | 155.0 | x | ||||
| Dandamudi Rajagopal |  IND | 137.5 | x |