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Date: 26 November 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Egil Danielsen | NOR | 85.71m [281' 2 ½"] |
| 2 | Janusz Sidlo | POL | 79.98m [262' 4 ¾"] |
| 3 | Viktor Tsybulenko | URS | 79.50m [260' 10"] |
| 4 | Herbert Koschel | GER | 74.68m [245' ¼"] |
| 5 | Jan Kopyto | POL | 74.28m [243' 8 ½"] |
| 6 | Giovanni Lievore | ITA | 72.88m [239' 1 ¼"] |
| 7 | Michel Macquet | FRA | 71.84m [235' 8 ¼"] |
| 8 | Aleksandr Gorshkov | URS | 70.32m [230' 8 ½"] |
| 9 | Heinrich Will | GER | 69.86m [229' 2 ½"] |
| 10 | Philip Conley | USA | 69.74m [228' 9 ¾"] |
| 11 | Cy Young | USA | 68.64m [225' 2 ¼"] |
| 12 | Vladimir Kuznetsov | URS | 67.14m [220' 3 ¼"] |
| 13 | Sandor Krasznai | HUN | 66.33m [217' 7 ½"] |
| 14 | Muhammad Nawaz | PAK | 62.55m [205' 2 ½"] |
| 15 | Benjamin Garcia | USA | |
| 15 | Reinaldo Oliver | PUR | |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Leon Syrovatski | FRA | ||
| John Achurch | AUS | ||
| Jalal Khan | PAK | ||
| Peter Cullen | GBR | ||
| Robert Grant | AUS | ||