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Date: 27 November 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Adhemar da Silva | BRA | 16.35m [53' 7 ¾"] |
| 2 | Vilhjalmur Einarsson | ISL | 16.26m [53' 4 ¼"] |
| 3 | Vitold Kreyer | URS | 16.02m [52' 6 ¾"] |
| 4 | William Sharpe | USA | 15.88m [52' 1 ¼"] |
| 5 | Martin Rehak | TCH | 15.85m [52' 0"] |
| 6 | Leonid Shcherbakov | URS | 15.80m [51' 10"] |
| 7 | Koji Sakurai | JPN | 15.73m [51' 7 ¼"] |
| 8 | Teruji Kogake | JPN | 15.64m [51' 3 ¾"] |
| 9 | Kenneth Wilmshurst | GBR | 15.54m [50' 11 ¾"] |
| 10 | Ryszard Malcherczyk | POL | 15.54m [50' 11 ¾"] |
| 11 | Ira Davis | USA | 15.40m [50' 6 ¼"] |
| 12 | George Shaw | USA | 15.33m [50' 3 ½"] |
| 13 | Hiroshi Shibata | JPN | 15.25m [50' ½"] |
| 14 | Kari Rahkamo | FIN | 15.21m [49' 10 ¾"] |
| 15 | Mohinder Singh | IND | 15.20m [49' 10 ½"] |
| 16 | Eric Battista | FRA | 15.15m [49' 8 ½"] |
| 17 | Paul Bamela Engo | NGR | 15.03m [49' 3 ¾"] |
| 18 | Tapio Lehto | FIN | 14.91m [48' 11"] |
| 19 | Hannu Rantala | FIN | 14.87m [48' 9 ½"] |
| 20 | Lawrence Ogwang | UGA | 14.72m [48' 3 ½"] |
| 21 | Choi Yong-Kee | KOR | 14.65m [48' ¾"] |
| 22 | Peter Esiri | NGR | |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Muhamad Rashid | PAK | ||
| Wu Chun-Tsai | TPE | ||
| Ronald Gray | AUS | ||
| Bin Piging Gabuh | NBO | ||
| Walter Herssens | BEL | ||
| Maurice Rich | AUS | ||
| Eng-Yoon Tan | SIN | ||
| Brian Oliver | AUS | ||
| Muhammad Ramzan Ali | PAK | ||
| Bin Diau Sium | NBO | ||