| Weightlifting at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Royal Exhibition Building |
| Dates | 23–26 November 1956 |
| Competitors | 105 from 34 nations |
Theweightlifting competition at the1956 Summer Olympics inMelbourne consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 |  Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 |  France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Argentina (2)
Australia (7)
Austria (2)
Belgium (1)
Brazil (2)
Bulgaria (2)
Burma (3)
Canada (3)
Republic of China (3)
Colombia (2)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Finland (1) France (3)
United Team of Germany (2)
Great Britain (5)
Guyana (2)
India (3)
Indonesia (1) Iran (7) Italy (4)
Japan (5) South Korea (6)
Malaya (3)
Mexico (1)
New Zealand (1)
Pakistan (3)
Philippines (2) Poland (5)
Singapore (3)
South Africa (3) Soviet Union (7)
Sweden (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (2) United States (7)
