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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: Six-person teams. Each gymnast to perform a compulsory and an optional exercise on all six apparatuses. Top five scores per team on each of the 12 exercises count towards the team score.
| Gold: | Soviet Union |
| Silver: | Japan |
| Bronze: | Finland |
| Rank | Team | NOC | Medal | PTS | CP | OP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | 568.25 | 282.50 | 285.75 | |
| 2 | Japan | JPN | Silver | 566.40 | 282.30 | 284.10 | |
| 3 | Finland | FIN | Bronze | 555.95 | 275.50 | 280.45 | |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 554.10 | 276.90 | 277.20 | ||
| 5 | Germany | GER | 552.45 | 275.40 | 277.05 | ||
| 6 | United States | USA | 547.50 | 271.50 | 276.00 | ||
| 7 | Australia | AUS | 477.15 | 239.60 | 237.55 |