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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: December 3, 1956
Date Finished: December 7, 1956
Format: Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.
| Gold: | Viktor Chukarin |
| Silver: | Masami Kubota |
| Bronze: | Takashi Ono Masao Takemoto |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | PTS | CEP | OEP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Chukarin | 35 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | 19.20 | 9.55 | 9.65 | |
| 2 | Masami Kubota | 24 | Japan | JPN | Silver | 19.15 | 9.55 | 9.60 | |
| 3T | Takashi Ono | 25 | Japan | JPN | Bronze | 19.10 | 9.60 | 9.50 | |
| 3T | Masao Takemoto | 37 | Japan | JPN | Bronze | 19.10 | 9.40 | 9.70 | |
| 5 | Albert Azaryan | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | 19.00 | 9.30 | 9.70 | ||
| 6T | Berndt Lindfors | 24 | Finland | FIN | 18.90 | 9.45 | 9.45 | ||
| 6T | Nobuyuki Aihara | 21 | Japan | JPN | 18.90 | 9.35 | 9.55 | ||
| 8T | Shinsaku Tsukawaki | 25 | Japan | JPN | 18.85 | 9.45 | 9.40 | ||
| 8T | Yury Titov | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 18.85 | 9.40 | 9.45 | ||
| 8T | Borys Shakhlin | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 18.85 | 9.30 | 9.55 | ||
| 8T | Onni Lappalainen | 34 | Finland | FIN | 18.85 | 9.30 | 9.55 | ||
| 8T | Olavi Leimuvirta | 20 | Finland | FIN | 18.85 | 9.20 | 9.65 | ||
| 13T | Helmut Bantz | 35 | Germany | GER | 18.80 | 9.45 | 9.35 | ||
| 13T | Kalevi Suoniemi | 25 | Finland | FIN | 18.80 | 9.25 | 9.55 | ||
| 15 | Jack Beckner | 26 | United States | USA | 18.75 | 9.40 | 9.35 | ||
| 16T | Akira Kono | 27 | Japan | JPN | 18.70 | 9.40 | 9.30 | ||
| 16T | Ferdinand Daniš | 27 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 18.70 | 9.40 | 9.30 | ||
| 16T | William Thoresson | 24 | Sweden | SWE | 18.70 | 9.40 | 9.30 | ||
| 16T | Jaroslav Mikoška | 22 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 18.70 | 9.35 | 9.35 | ||
| 16T | Valentin Muratov | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | 18.70 | 9.30 | 9.40 | ||
| 21T | Raimo Heinonen | 21 | Finland | FIN | 18.65 | 9.20 | 9.45 | ||
| 21T | Attila Takács | 27 | Hungary | HUN | 18.65 | 9.20 | 9.45 | ||
| 23 | Hans Pfann | 36 | Germany | GER | 18.55 | 9.30 | 9.25 | ||
| 24T | Stoyan Stoyanov | 25 | Bulgaria | BUL | 18.50 | 9.35 | 9.15 | ||
| 24T | Velik Kapsazov | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL | 18.50 | 9.20 | 9.30 | ||
| 24T | Martti Mansikka | 23 | Finland | FIN | 18.50 | 9.15 | 9.35 | ||
| 27 | Josef Škvor | 26 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 18.45 | 9.20 | 9.25 | ||
| 28T | Raymond Dot | 29 | France | FRA | 18.40 | 9.35 | 9.05 | ||
| 28T | Michel Mathiot | 30 | France | FRA | 18.40 | 9.25 | 9.15 | ||
| 28T | Charles Simms | 28 | United States | USA | 18.40 | 9.10 | 9.30 | ||
| 31T | Theo Wied | 33 | Germany | GER | 18.35 | 9.15 | 9.20 | ||
| 31T | Bill Tom | 33 | United States | USA | 18.35 | 9.05 | 9.30 | ||
| 33T | János Héder | 23 | Hungary | HUN | 18.30 | 9.40 | 8.90 | ||
| 33T | Robert Klein | 30 | Germany | GER | 18.30 | 9.20 | 9.10 | ||
| 33T | Vladimír Kejř | 27 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 18.30 | 9.15 | 9.15 | ||
| 33T | Nik Stuart | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | 18.30 | 9.15 | 9.15 | ||
| 33T | Zdeněk Růžička | 31 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 18.30 | 9.00 | 9.30 | ||
| 38 | Jaroslav Bím | 25 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 18.25 | 9.15 | 9.10 | ||
| 39 | Erich Wied | 33 | Germany | GER | 18.10 | 9.00 | 9.10 | ||
| 40 | Mincho Todorov | Bulgaria | BUL | 18.00 | 9.10 | 8.90 | |||
| 41T | Jean Guillou | 25 | France | FRA | 17.95 | 9.10 | 8.85 | ||
| 41T | Pavel Stolbov | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | 17.95 | 8.55 | 9.40 | ||
| 43T | Hans Sauter | 31 | Austria | AUT | 17.85 | 9.05 | 8.80 | ||
| 43T | Kurt Wigartz | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 17.85 | 8.80 | 9.05 | ||
| 43T | Abie Grossfeld | 22 | United States | USA | 17.85 | 8.75 | 9.10 | ||
| 46 | Josy Stoffel | 28 | Luxembourg | LUX | 17.80 | 9.30 | 8.50 | ||
| 47 | Dick Beckner | 28 | United States | USA | 17.75 | 8.55 | 9.20 | ||
| 48T | Jakob Kiefer | 36 | Germany | GER | 17.65 | 9.20 | 8.45 | ||
| 48T | Edward Gagnier | 20 | Canada | CAN | 17.65 | 8.85 | 8.80 | ||
| 48T | Frank Turner | 34 | Great Britain | GBR | 17.65 | 8.75 | 8.90 | ||
| 51 | Armando Vega | 21 | United States | USA | 17.60 | 8.10 | 9.50 | ||
| 52 | Rafael Lecuona | 28 | Cuba | CUB | 17.45 | 8.50 | 8.95 | ||
| 53T | Bruce Sharp | 25 | Australia | AUS | 16.50 | 8.20 | 8.30 | ||
| 53T | Graham Bond | 19 | Australia | AUS | 16.50 | 8.15 | 8.35 | ||
| 55 | John Lees | Australia | AUS | 16.15 | 8.00 | 8.15 | |||
| 56 | Brian Blackburn | Australia | AUS | 15.70 | 8.45 | 7.25 | |||
| 57 | David Gourlay | Australia | AUS | 15.45 | 7.80 | 7.65 | |||
| 58T | Noel Punton | 24 | Australia | AUS | 15.35 | 7.70 | 7.65 | ||
| 58T | Jack Wells | 30 | South Africa | RSA | 15.35 | 7.40 | 7.95 | ||
| 60 | Ronnie Lombard | 28 | South Africa | RSA | 14.80 | 7.65 | 7.15 | ||
| 61 | Pritam Singh | India | IND | 13.50 | 7.50 | 6.00 | |||
| 62 | Sham Lal | India | IND | 13.35 | 6.25 | 7.10 | |||
| 63 | Anant Ram | 24 | India | IND | 12.70 | 7.20 | 5.50 |