| Date | 30 November 1956 |
|---|---|
| Location | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | United States |  USA | 40.5 | 40.53 | |||
| Lead-Off | 56 | Ira Murchison | – | – | ||||
| 2nd Leg | – | Leamon King | – | – | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 54 | Thane Baker | – | – | ||||
| Anchor | 55 | Bobby Joe Morrow | – | – | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Great Britain |  GBR | 41.2 | 41.30 | |||
| Lead-Off | 16 | Ken Box | – | – | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 17 | Roy Sandstrom | – | – | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 18 | David Segal | – | – | ||||
| Anchor | 70 | Brian Shenton | – | – | ||||
| 3 | 5 | Pakistan |  PAK | 41.3 | 41.42 | |||
| Lead-Off | 81 | Sharif Butt | – | – | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 37 | Ghulam Raziq | – | – | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 35 | Abdul Aziz | – | – | ||||
| Anchor | 36 | Abdul Khaliq | – | – | ||||
| 4 | 2 | Venezuela |  VEN | 42.0 | 42.10 | |||
| Lead-Off | 635 | Alfonso Bruno | – | – | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 634 | Apolinar Solórzano | – | – | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 633 | Clive Bonas | – | – | ||||
| Anchor | 632 | Rafael Romero | – | – | ||||
| 5 | 4 | Liberia |  LBR | 44.7 | 44.96 | |||
| Lead-Off | 667 | Edward Martins | – | – | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 670 | Emmanuel Putu | – | – | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 668 | George Johnson | – | – | ||||
| Anchor | 671 | James Roberts | – | – |
