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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: December 3, 1956
Date Finished: December 6, 1956
Format: Elimination by bad points. Win by fall = 0 points; win by decision = 1 point; loss by 2-1 decision = 3 points; loss by 3-0 decision = 3 points; loss by fall = 3 points. Three judges gave decisions, thus all decisions were either 2-1 or 3-0. Five bad points eliminated a wrestler.
| Gold: | Givi K'art'ozia |
| Silver: | Dimitar Dobrev |
| Bronze: | Rune Jansson |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | RE | BP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Givi K'art'ozia | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | |||
| 2 | Dimitar Dobrev | 25 | Bulgaria | BUL | Silver | |||
| 3 | Rune Jansson | 24 | Sweden | SWE | Bronze | |||
| 4 | Hans Sterr | 23 | Germany | GER | ||||
| 5 | György Gurics | 27 | Hungary | HUN | ||||
| 6 | Viljo Punkari | 22 | Finland | FIN | ||||
| AC | Jim Peckham | 27 | United States | USA | Eliminated r3/5 | 5 | ||
| AC | William Paterson | Australia | AUS | Eliminated r2/5 | 6 | |||
| AC | İsmet Atlı | Turkey | TUR | Eliminated r2/5 | 6 | |||
| AC | Branislav Simić | 21 | Yugoslavia | YUG | Withdrew r2/5 | 3 |