| Date | 27 November 1956 — 15:25 |
|---|---|
| Location | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Round #1 Distance | Round #2 Distance | Round #3 Distance | Round #4 Distance | Round #5 Distance | Round #6 Distance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Al Oerter | 56.36 | 56.36 | 53.81 | 53.22 | 55.08 | 53.28 | 54.93 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | Fortune Gordien | 54.81 | 54.75 | 49.18 | 51.40 | 53.84 | 52.75 | 54.81 | ||||
| 3 | 15 | Des Koch | 54.40 | 50.53 | x | 53.55 | 53.64 | 54.40 | 54.03 | ||||
| 4 | 10 | Mark Pharaoh | 54.27 | 52.52 | x | 52.36 | 49.85 | 54.27 | 53.16 | ||||
| 5 | 16 | Oto Grigalka | 52.37 | 51.25 | 50.09 | 52.37 | 49.44 | x | 50.13 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | Adolfo Consolini | 52.21 | 51.92 | 52.21 | 52.13 | x | 51.29 | 52.01 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | Ferenc Klics | 51.82 | 51.75 | 51.82 | 51.61 | – | – | – | ||||
| 8 | 12 | Dako Radošević | 51.69 | 50.99 | 51.26 | 51.69 | – | – | – | ||||
| 9 | 11 | Boris Matveyev | 51.38 | 50.59 | 49.63 | 51.38 | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | 7 | Gerry Carr | 50.72 | 48.03 | 50.72 | 48.98 | – | – | – | ||||
| 11 | 3 | Günther Kruse | 49.89 | 49.12 | 45.92 | 49.89 | – | – | – | ||||
| 12 | 8 | Kim Bukhantsov | 48.58 | 48.58 | 47.75 | 46.86 | – | – | – | ||||
| 13 | 14 | Fanie du Plessis | 48.49 | 48.49 | 46.23 | 43.31 | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | 2 | Erik Uddebom | 48.28 | 48.28 | 47.89 | 44.72 | – | – | – | ||||
| 15 | 13 | Mesulame Rakuro | 47.24 | 46.45 | 47.24 | 44.60 | – | – | – | ||||
| 16 | 4 | Hernán Haddad | 46.00 | x | 46.00 | x | – | – | – |