| Event: | Men's 56 kg |
| Games: | 1964 Summer |
| Venue: | Shibuya Public Hall |
| Date: | 11 October 1964 |
| Competitors: | 24 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Win Label: | Winning total |
| Win Value: | 357.5 kg WR |
| Gold: | Aleksey Vakhonin |
| Goldnoc: | URS |
| Silver: | Imre Földi |
| Silvernoc: | HUN |
| Bronze: | Shiro Ichinoseki |
| Bronzenoc: | JPN |
| Prev: | 1960 |
| Next: | 1968 |
The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 11 October at the Shibuya Public Hall. It was the fifth appearance of the bantamweight class.[1]
| Rank | Name | Country | kg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 357.5 | |||
| 2 | 355.0 | |||
| 3 | 347.5 | |||
| 4 | 342.5 | |||
| 5 | 340.0 | |||
| 6 | 335.0 | |||
| 7 | 335.0 | |||
| 8 | 335.0 | |||
| 9 | 330.0 | |||
| 10 | 330.0 | |||
| 11 | 327.5 | |||
| 12 | 327.5 | |||
| 13 | 322.5 | |||
| 14 | 312.5 | |||
| 15 | 310.0 | |||
| 16 | 310.0 | |||
| 17 | 307.5 | |||
| 18 | 302.5 | |||
| 19 | 300.0 | |||
| 20 | 295.0 | |||
| 21 | 290.0 | |||
| 22 | 275.0 | |||
| AC | 95.0 | |||
| AC | 185.0 |