1956 Olympics: Weightlifting
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| Class | ||
| Bantamweight (-123 1/2 lb) | Charles Vinci, USA | 342.5 |
| Vladimir Stogov, URS | 337.5 | |
| Mahmoud Namdjou, IRN | 332.5 | |
| Featherweight (-132 1/4 lb) | Isaac Berger, USA | 352.5 |
| Yevgenyi Minayev, URS | 342.5 | |
| Marian Zielinski, POL | 335.0 | |
| Lightweight (-148 3/4 lb) | Igor Rybak, URS | 380.0 |
| Ravil Khabutdinov, URS | 372.5 | |
| Chang-Hee Kim, KOR | 370.0 | |
| Middleweight (-154 1/2 lb) | Fyodor Bogdanovski, URS | 420.0 |
| Peter George, USA | 412.5 | |
| Ermanno Pignatti, ITA | 382.5 | |
| Light-Heavyweight (-182 lb) | Thomas Kono, USA | 447.5 |
| Vassiliy Stepanov, URS | 427.5 | |
| James George, USA | 417.5 | |
| Middle-Heavyweight (-198 1/2 lb) | Arkadi Vorobyev, URS | 462.5 |
| David Sheppard, USA | 442.5 | |
| Jean Debuf, FRA | 425.0 | |
| Heavyweight (+198 1/2 lb) | Paul Anderson, USA | 500.0 |
| Humberto Selvetti, ARG | 500.0 | |
| Alberto Pigaiani, ITA | 452.5 |
