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Weight limit: 82.5 kg [182 lbs]
Date: 26 November 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Press | Snatch | Jerk | Total |
| 1 | Tommy Kono | USA | 140.0 kg [309 lbs] | 132.5 kg [292 lbs] | 175.0 kg [386 lbs] | 447.5 kg [987 lbs] |
| 2 | Vasilijs Stepanovs | URS | 135.0 kg [298 lbs] | 130.0 kg [287 lbs] | 162.5 kg [358 lbs] | 427.5 kg [942 lbs] |
| 3 | Jim George | USA | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 130.0 kg [287 lbs] | 167.5 kg [369 lbs] | 417.5 kg [920 lbs] |
| 4 | Jalal Mansouri | IRI | 132.5 kg [292 lbs] | 122.5 kg [270 lbs] | 162.5 kg [358 lbs] | 417.5 kg [920 lbs] |
| 5 | Phil Caira | GBR | 127.5 kg [281 lbs] | 122.5 kg [270 lbs] | 155.0 kg [342 lbs] | 405.0 kg [893 lbs] |
| 6 | Vaclav Psenicka Jr. | TCH | 125.0 kg [276 lbs] | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 155.0 kg [342 lbs] | 400.0 kg [882 lbs] |
| 7 | Marcel Paterni | FRA | 132.5 kg [292 lbs] | 115.0 kg [254 lbs] | 147.5 kg [325 lbs] | 395.0 kg [871 lbs] |
| 8 | John Powell | AUS | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 117.5 kg [259 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 382.5 kg [843 lbs] |
| 9 | Willy Claes | BEL | 107.5 kg [237 lbs] | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 137.5 kg [303 lbs] | 357.5 kg [788 lbs] |
| 10 | Muhammad Iqbal Butt | PAK | 105.0 kg [231 lbs] | 102.5 kg [226 lbs] | 130.0 kg [287 lbs] | 337.5 kg [744 lbs] |