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Date: 27 November 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Al Oerter | USA | 56.36m [184' 11"] |
| 2 | Fortune Gordien | USA | 54.81m [179' 9 ¾"] |
| 3 | Desmond Koch | USA | 54.40m [178' 5 ¾"] |
| 4 | Mark Pharaoh | GBR | 54.27m [178' ½"] |
| 5 | Otto Grigalka | URS | 52.37m [171' 9 ¾"] |
| 6 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 52.21m [171' 3 ½"] |
| 7 | Ferenc Klics | HUN | 51.82m [170' ¼"] |
| 8 | Dako Radosevic | YUG | 51.69m [169' 7"] |
| 9 | Boris Matveyev | URS | 51.38m [168' 6 ¾"] |
| 10 | Gerard Carr | GBR | 50.72m [166' 4 ¾"] |
| 11 | Gunter Kruse | ARG | 49.89m [163' 8 ¼"] |
| 12 | Kim Bukhantsev | URS | 48.58m [159' 4 ½"] |
| 13 | Stephanus du Plessis | RSA | 48.49m [159' 1"] |
| 14 | Erik Uddebom | SWE | 48.28m [158' 4 ¾"] |
| 15 | Mesulame Rakuro | FIJ | 47.24m [154' 11 ¾"] |
| 16 | Hernan Haddad | CHI | 46.00m [150' 11"] |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Vesmonis Balodis | AUS | ||
| Muhamad Ayub | PAK | ||
| Pierre Alard | FRA | ||
| Tadeusz Rut | POL | ||