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Weight limit: 56 kg [123 lbs]
Date: 9 August 1948
| Rank | Name | Nation | Press | Snatch | Jerk | Total |
| 1 | Joe De Pietro | USA | 105.0 kg [231 lbs] | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 307.5 kg [678 lbs] |
| 2 | Julian Creus | GBR | 82.5 kg [182 lbs] | 95.0 kg [209 lbs] | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 297.5 kg [656 lbs] |
| 3 | Richard Tom | USA | 87.5 kg [193 lbs] | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 117.5 kg [259 lbs] | 295.0 kg [650 lbs] |
| 4 | Lee Kyu-hyuk | KOR | 77.5 kg [171 lbs] | 92.5 kg [204 lbs] | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 290.0 kg [639 lbs] |
| 5 | Mahmoud Namdjou | IRI | 82.5 kg [182 lbs] | 82.5 kg [182 lbs] | 122.5 kg [270 lbs] | 287.5 kg [634 lbs] |
| 6 | Marcel Thevenet | FRA | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 80.0 kg [176 lbs] | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 280.0 kg [617 lbs] |
| 7 | Rosaire Smith | CAN | 82.5 kg [182 lbs] | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 277.5 kg [612 lbs] |
| 8 | Maurice Crow | NZL | 77.5 kg [171 lbs] | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 272.5 kg [601 lbs] |
| 9 | Keith Caple | AUS | 77.5 kg [171 lbs] | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 272.5 kg [601 lbs] |
| 10 | Dong Wook Pak | KOR | 80.0 kg [176 lbs] | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 107.5 kg [237 lbs] | 272.5 kg [601 lbs] |
| 11 | Abdel Hamid Yacout | EGY | 75.0 kg [165 lbs] | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 272.5 kg [601 lbs] |
| 12 | Erno Porubszky | HUN | 72.5 kg [160 lbs] | 87.5 kg [193 lbs] | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 270.0 kg [595 lbs] |
| 13 | Abraham Greenhalgh | GBR | 92.5 kg [204 lbs] | 75.0 kg [165 lbs] | 100.0 kg [220 lbs] | 267.5 kg [590 lbs] |
| 14 | Einar Sundstrom | FIN | 77.5 kg [171 lbs] | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 105.0 kg [231 lbs] | 267.5 kg [590 lbs] |
| 15 | Win Maung Maung | MYA | 82.5 kg [182 lbs] | 82.5 kg [182 lbs] | 100.0 kg [220 lbs] | 265.0 kg [584 lbs] |
| 16 | Eugene Wattier | FRA | 80.0 kg [176 lbs] | 80.0 kg [176 lbs] | 100.0 kg [220 lbs] | 260.0 kg [573 lbs] |
| 17 | Josef Vojtech | AUT | 80.0 kg [176 lbs] | 75.0 kg [165 lbs] | 100.0 kg [220 lbs] | 255.0 kg [562 lbs] |
| 18 | Pentti Kotvio | FIN | 65.0 kg [143 lbs] | 80.0 kg [176 lbs] | 102.5 kg [226 lbs] | 247.5 kg [546 lbs] |
| 19 | Marcelino Salas | MEX | 60.0 kg [132 lbs] | 70.0 kg [154 lbs] | 100.0 kg [220 lbs] | 230.0 kg [507 lbs] |