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Date: 24 November 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Harold Connolly | USA | 63.19m [207' 3 ¾"] |
| 2 | Mikhail Krivonosov | URS | 63.03m [206' 9 ½"] |
| 3 | Anatoly Samotsvetov | URS | 62.56m [205' 3"] |
| 4 | Albert Hall | USA | 61.96m [203' 3 ¼"] |
| 5 | Jozsef Csermak | HUN | 60.70m [199' 1 ¾"] |
| 6 | Kresimir "Kreso" Racic | YUG | 60.36m [198' ½"] |
| 7 | Dmitry Yegorov | URS | 60.22m [197' 6 ¾"] |
| 8 | Sverre Strandli | NOR | 59.21m [194' 3"] |
| 9 | Peter Allday | GBR | 58.00m [190' 3 ½"] |
| 10 | Alfons Niklas | POL | 57.70m [189' 3 ¾"] |
| 11 | Muhamad Iqbal | PAK | 56.97m [186' 11"] |
| 12 | Donald Anthony | GBR | 56.72m [186' 1"] |
| 13 | Guy Husson | FRA | 55.02m [180' 6 ¼"] |
| 14 | Tadeusz Rut | POL | 53.43m [175' 3 ½"] |
| 15 | Birger Asplund | SWE | |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Charles Morris | AUS | ||
| Alejandro Diaz | CHI | ||
| Martin Crowe | AUS | ||
| Fumio Kamamoto | JPN | ||
| Song Kyo-Sik | KOR | ||
| Neville Gadsden | AUS | ||
| Yoshio Kojima | JPN | ||