right|100px Gewichtheffen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956 in Melbourne.
Heren bantamgewicht (tot 56 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Charles Vinci 105.0 kg105.0 kg132.5 kg342.5 kg Vladimir Stogov 105.0 kg105.0 kg127.5 kg337.5 kg Mahmoud Namdjou 100.0 kg102.5 kg130.0 kg332.5 kg 4 Yu In-ho 90.0 kg95.0 kg135.0 kg320.0 kg 5 Kim Hae-nam 85.0 kg95.0 kg127.5 kg307.5 kg 6 Yoshio Nanbu 87.5 kg97.5 kg120.0 kg305.0 kg 7 Reginald Gaffley 97.5 kg90.0 kg117.5 kg305.0 kg 8 Yukio Furuyama 90.0 kg87.5 kg125.0 kg302.5 kg
vedergewicht (tot 60 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Isaac Berger 107.5 kg107.5 kg137.5 kg352.5 kg Jevgeni Minajev 115.0 kg100.0 kg127.5 kg342.5 kg Marian Zieliński 105.0 kg102.5 kg127.5 kg335.0 kg 4 Rodney Wilkes 100.0 kg105.0 kg125.0 kg330.0 kg 5 Hiroyoshi Shiratori 97.5 kg100.0 kg127.5 kg325.0 kg 6 Georg Miske 100.0 kg95.0 kg125.0 kg320.0 kg 7 Tan Ser Cher 92.5 kg92.5 kg130.0 kg315.0 kg 8 Lee Kyung-sob 90.0 kg95.0 kg127.5 kg312.5 kg
lichtgewicht (tot 67.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Igor Rybak 110.0 kg120.0 kg150.0 kg380.0 kg Rafael Khaboetdinov 125.0 kg110.0 kg137.5 kg372.5 kg Kim Chang-hee 107.5 kg112.5 kg150.0 kg370.0 kg 4 Kenji Onuma 110.0 kg110.0 kg147.5 kg367.5 kg 5 Henrik Tamraz 115.0 kg105.0 kg145.0 kg365.0 kg 6 Jan Czepułkowski 120.0 kg105.0 kg135.0 kg360.0 kg 7 Ivan Abadzjiev 102.5 kg117.5 kg137.5 kg357.5 kg 8 Nil Tun Maung 110.0 kg105.0 kg137.5 kg352.5 kg
middengewicht (tot 75 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Fjodor Bogdanovski 132.5 kg122.5 kg165.0 kg420.0 kg Peter George 122.5 kg127.5 kg162.5 kg412.5 kg Ermanno Pignatti 117.5 kg117.5 kg147.5 kg382.5 kg 4 Jan Bochenek 120.0 kg112.5 kg150.0 kg382.5 kg 5 Kim Sung-jip 125.0 kg110.0 kg145.0 kg380.0 kg 6 Krzysztof Beck 122.5 kg112.5 kg145.0 kg380.0 kg 7 Ebrahim Peyravi 107.5 kg117.5 kg147.5 kg372.5 kg 8 Adrien Gilbert 112.5 kg115.0 kg142.5 kg370.0 kg
lichtzwaargewicht (tot 82.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Tommy Kono 140.0 kg132.5 kg175.0 kg447.5 kg Vassili Stepanov 135.0 kg130.0 kg162.5 kg427.5 kg James George 120.0 kg130.0 kg167.5 kg417.5 kg 4 Jalal Mansouri 132.5 kg122.5 kg162.5 kg417.5 kg 5 Philip Caira 127.5 kg122.5 kg155.0 kg405.0 kg 6 Václav Pśenićka 125.0 kg120.0 kg155.0 kg400.0 kg 7 Marcel Paterni 132.5 kg115.0 kg147.5 kg395.0 kg 8 John Powell 120.0 kg117.5 kg145.0 kg382.5 kg
middenzwaargewicht (tot 90 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Arkadi Vorobjov 147.5 kg137.5 kg177.5 kg462.5 kg David Sheppard 140.0 kg137.5 kg165.0 kg442.5 kg Jean Debuf 130.0 kg127.5 kg167.5 kg425.0 kg 4 Mohammad Rahnavardi 140.0 kg127.5 kg157.5 kg425.0 kg 5 Ivan Vesselinov 132.5 kg120.0 kg155.0 kg407.5 kg 6 Tan Kim Bee 117.5 kg122.5 kg155.0 kg395.0 kg 7 Lennox Kilgour 127.5 kg117.5 kg145.0 kg390.0 kg 8 Leonard Treganowan 122.5 kg117.5 kg150.0 kg390.0 kg
zwaargewicht (boven 90 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Paul Anderson 167.5 kg145.0 kg187.5 kg500.0 kg Humberto Selvetti 175.0 kg145.0 kg180.0 kg500.0 kg Alberto Pigaiani 150.0 kg130.0 kg172.5 kg452.5 kg 4 Firouz Pojhan 147.5 kg132.5 kg170.0 kg450.0 kg 5 Eino Mäkinen 127.5 kg137.5 kg167.5 kg432.5 kg 6 Dave Baillie 147.5 kg122.5 kg162.5 kg432.5 kg 7 Franz Hölbl 142.5 kg125.0 kg157.5 kg425.0 kg 8 Richard Jones 125.0 kg122.5 kg150.0 kg397.5 kg
Medaillespiegel rangland goud zilver bronstotaal 1 4 2 1 7 2 3 4 0 7 3 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 totaal 7 7 7 21
Gewichtheffen 1956