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Date: 24 November 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Gregory Bell | USA | 7.83m [25' 8 ¼"] |
| 2 | John Bennett | USA | 7.68m [25' 2 ¼"] |
| 3 | Jorma Valkama | FIN | 7.48m [24' 6 ½"] |
| 4 | Dmitry Bondarenko | URS | 7.44m [24' 5"] |
| 5 | Karimu Babalola Olowu | NGR | 7.36m [24' 1 ¾"] |
| 6 | Kazimierz Kropidlowski | POL | 7.30m [23' 11 ½"] |
| 7 | Neville Price | RSA | 7.28m [23' 10 ½"] |
| 8 | Oleg Fyodoseyev | URS | 7.27m [23' 10 ¼"] |
| 9 | Arthur Cruttenden | GBR | 7.15m [23' 5 ½"] |
| 10 | Henryk Grabowski | POL | 7.15m [23' 5 ½"] |
| 11 | Kenneth Wilmshurst | GBR | 7.14m [23' 5"] |
| 12 | Fermin Donazar | URU | 6.57m [21' 6 ¾"] |
| 13 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | URS | |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Ian Bruce | AUS | ||
| Masaji Tajima | JPN | ||
| Torgny Wahlander | SWE | ||
| Odon Foldessy | HUN | ||
| Ary Facanha da Sa | BRA | ||
| Michael Moroney | AUS | ||
| Muhamad Rashid | PAK | ||
| Suh Yong-Joo | KOR | ||
| Fred Hammer | LUX | ||
| Hugh Jack | AUS | ||
| Wilhelm Porrassalmi | FIN | ||
| Rafio Adio Oluwa | NGR | ||
| Ram Mehar | IND | ||
| Ling Te-Sheng | TPE | ||
| Lawrence Ogwang | UGA | ||
| Yoshiro Sonoda | JPN | ||
| Muhammad Ramzan Ali | PAK | ||
| David Kushnir | ISR | ||
| Edward Martins | LBR | ||