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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: December 1, 1956
Date Finished: December 1, 1956
| Gold: | Mustafa Dağıstanlı |
| Silver: | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi |
| Bronze: | Mykhailo Shakhov |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | BP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1T | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | 26 | Iran | IRI | 3 | |
| 1T | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | 25 | Turkey | TUR | 3 | |
| 1T | Mykhailo Shakhov | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 3 | |
| 4 | Lee Sang-Gyun | South Korea | KOR | 4 | ||
| 5 | Minoru Iizuka | 23 | Japan | JPN | 5 | eliminated |