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Weight limit: 56 kg [123 lbs]
Date: 23 November 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Press | Snatch | Jerk | Total |
| 1 | Chuck Vinci | USA | 105.0 kg [231 lbs] | 105.0 kg [231 lbs] | 132.5 kg [292 lbs] | 342.5 kg [755 lbs] |
| 2 | Vladimir Stogov | URS | 105.0 kg [231 lbs] | 105.0 kg [231 lbs] | 127.5 kg [281 lbs] | 337.5 kg [744 lbs] |
| 3 | Mahmoud Namdjou | IRI | 100.0 kg [220 lbs] | 102.5 kg [226 lbs] | 130.0 kg [287 lbs] | 332.5 kg [733 lbs] |
| 4 | Yu In-Ho | KOR | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 95.0 kg [209 lbs] | 135.0 kg [298 lbs] | 320.0 kg [705 lbs] |
| 5 | Kim Hae-Nam | KOR | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 95.0 kg [209 lbs] | 127.5 kg [281 lbs] | 307.5 kg [678 lbs] |
| 6 | Yoshio Nanbu | JPN | 87.5 kg [193 lbs] | 97.5 kg [215 lbs] | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 305.0 kg [672 lbs] |
| 7 | Reg Gaffley | RSA | 97.5 kg [215 lbs] | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 117.5 kg [259 lbs] | 305.0 kg [672 lbs] |
| 8 | Yukio Furuyama | JPN | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 87.5 kg [193 lbs] | 125.0 kg [276 lbs] | 302.5 kg [667 lbs] |
| 9 | Song Re-Nado | TPE | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 117.5 kg [259 lbs] | 287.5 kg [634 lbs] |
| 10 | Gaston Gaffney | RSA | 87.5 kg [193 lbs] | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 285.0 kg [628 lbs] |
| 11 | Chu Kee Aw | MYA | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 80.0 kg [176 lbs] | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 275.0 kg [606 lbs] |
| 12 | Valli Asari Mookan | IND | 80.0 kg [176 lbs] | 80.0 kg [176 lbs] | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 272.5 kg [601 lbs] |
| 13 | Charles Henderson | AUS | 72.5 kg [160 lbs] | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 115.0 kg [254 lbs] | 272.5 kg [601 lbs] |
| 13 | Henry Swain | GUY | 80.0 kg [176 lbs] | 82.5 kg [182 lbs] | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 272.5 kg [601 lbs] |
| Eliminated | ||||||
| Habib Rahman | PAK | 80.0 kg [176 lbs] | 97.5 kg [215 lbs] | |||
| Pedro Landero | PHI | |||||