Schietsport op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956

De schietsport is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956 in Melbourne.
Heren
vrij geweer 300 m drie houdingen
| rang | sporter | land | score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vassili Borissov | 1138 | ||
| Allan Erdman | 1137 | ||
| Vilho Ylönen | 1128 | ||
| 4 | Jorma Taitto | 1120 | |
| 5 | Constantin Antonescu | 1101 | |
| 6 | John Sundberg | 1094 | |
| 7 | Anders Kvissberg | 1093 | |
| 8 | James Smith | 1082 |
kleinkalibergeweer 50 m drie houdingen
| rang | sporter | land | score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatoli Bogdanov | 1172 | ||
| Otakar Hořínek | 1172 | ||
| John Sundberg | 1167 | ||
| 4 | Vassili Borissov | 1163 | |
| 5 | Vilho Ylönen | 1161 | |
| 6 | Gilmour Boa | 1159 | |
| 7 | Iosif Sîrbu | 1157 | |
| 8 | Anders Kvissberg | 1156 |
kleinkalibergeweer 50 m liggend
| rang | sporter | land | score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Ouellette | 600 | ||
| Vassili Borissov | 599 | ||
| Gilmour Boa | 598 | ||
| 4 | Otakar Hořínek | 598 | |
| 5 | Iosif Sîrbu | 598 | |
| 6 | Sándor Krebs | 598 | |
| 7 | Erling Kongshaug | 598 | |
| 8 | Severino Moreira | 597 |
vrij pistool 50 m
| rang | sporter | land | score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pentti Linnosvuo | 556 | ||
| Makhmoed Oemarov | 556 | ||
| Offutt Pinion | 551 | ||
| 4 | Shoji Hosaka | 550 | |
| 5 | Anton Jasinski | 550 | |
| 6 | Torsten Ullman | 549 | |
| 7 | Åke Lindblom | 542 | |
| 8 | Leonard Tolhurst | 541 |
snelvuurpistool 25 m
| rang | sporter | land | score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ştefan Petrescu | 587 | ||
| Jevgeni Tsjerkasov | 585 | ||
| Gheorghe Lichiardopol | 581 | ||
| 4 | Pentti Linnosvuo | 581 | |
| 5 | Oscar Cervo | 580 | |
| 6 | Szilárd Kun | 578 | |
| 7 | Kalle Sievänen | 576 | |
| 8 | Károly Takács | 575 |
lopend hert 100 m
| rang | sporter | land | score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitali Romanenko | 441 | ||
| Per Olof Sköldberg | 432 | ||
| Vladimir Sevrjoegin | 429 | ||
| 4 | Miklós Kovács | 417 | |
| 5 | Miklós Kocsis | 416 | |
| 6 | Rolf Bergersen | 409 | |
| 7 | Benkt Austrin | 405 | |
| 8 | John Larsen | 390 |
trap
| rang | sporter | land | score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galliano Rossini | 196 | ||
| Adam Smelczyński | 190 | ||
| Alessandro Ciceri | 188 | ||
| 4 | Nikolaj Mogilevski | 188 | |
| 5 | Joeri Nikandrov | 188 | |
| 6 | František Čapek | 187 | |
| 7 | Knut Holmqvist | 178 | |
| 8 | Hans Liljedahl | 177 |
Medaillespiegel
| rang | land | totaal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| totaal | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |