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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Merrett Rifle Range, Williamstown, Victoria
Date Started: December 1, 1956
Date Finished: December 1, 1956
| Gold: | Vasily Borisov |
| Silver: | Allan Erdman |
| Bronze: | Vilho Ylönen |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | PTS | R1P | R2P | R3P | R4P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasily Borisov | 33 | Soviet Union | URS | 396 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 100 | |
| 2T | Allan Erdman | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | 392 | 96 | 100 | 97 | 99 | |
| 2T | Jorma Taitto | 39 | Finland | FIN | 392 | 96 | 100 | 99 | 97 | |
| 4 | Anders Kvissberg | 27 | Sweden | SWE | 389 | 95 | 98 | 99 | 97 | |
| 5T | Vilho Ylönen | 38 | Finland | FIN | 387 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 98 | |
| 5T | Martin Gison | 42 | Philippines | PHI | 387 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 96 | |
| 7 | Constantin Antonescu | 33 | Romania | ROU | 386 | 99 | 95 | 96 | 96 | |
| 8 | Herbert Voelcker | 26 | United States | USA | 385 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 95 | |
| 9 | John Sundberg | 35 | Sweden | SWE | 384 | 96 | 95 | 97 | 96 | |
| 10 | Ian Wrigley | 33 | Australia | AUS | 382 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 95 | |
| 11 | James Smith | 25 | United States | USA | 381 | 92 | 96 | 99 | 94 | |
| 12T | Guillermo Baldwin | Peru | PER | 379 | 95 | 96 | 93 | 95 | ||
| 12T | Sándor Krebs | 30 | Hungary | HUN | 379 | 95 | 93 | 98 | 93 | |
| 14 | Rubén Váldez | 33 | Peru | PER | 373 | 94 | 94 | 93 | 92 | |
| 15 | Norman Goff | 35 | Australia | AUS | 372 | 96 | 93 | 93 | 90 | |
| 16T | Gerry Ouellette | 22 | Canada | CAN | 370 | 92 | 94 | 91 | 93 | |
| 16T | Wu Tao-Yan | 21 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 370 | 93 | 95 | 92 | 90 | |
| 18 | Steffen Cranmer | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 356 | 92 | 89 | 84 | 91 | |
| 19 | Chu Hwa-Il | 24 | South Korea | KOR | 338 | 88 | 90 | 87 | 73 | |
| 20 | Saifi Chaudhry | 27 | Pakistan | PAK | 84 | 84 |