Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's eight
The men's eight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Wendouree near Ballarat, Australia.
Results
The following rowers took part:| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| Thomas Charlton David Wight John Cooke Donald Beer Caldwell Esselstyn Charles Grimes Rusty Wailes Robert Morey William Becklean | ||
| Philip Kueber Richard McClure Robert Wilson David Helliwell Wayne Pretty Bill McKerlich Douglas McDonald Lawrence West Carlton Ogawa | ||
| Michael Aikman David Boykett Fred Benfield Jim Howden Garth Manton Walter Howell Adrian Monger Brian Doyle Harold Hewitt | ||
| Olle Larsson Lennart Andersson Kjell Hansson Rune Andersson Lennart Hansson Gösta Eriksson Ivar Aronsson Evert Gunnarsson Bertil Göransson | ||
| Ernest Verbin Boris Fyodorov Slava Amiragov Leonid Gissen Yevgeny Samsonov Anatoly Antonov Georgy Gushchenko Vladimir Kryukov Vladimir Petrov | ||
| Josef Věntus Eduard Antoch Ctibor Reiskup Jan Švéda Josef Švec Zdeněk Žára Jan Jindra Stanislav Lusk Miroslav Koranda | ||
| Yozo Iwasaki Yasukuni Watanabe Sadahiro Sunaga Yoshiki Hiki Takashi Imamura Yasuhiko Takeda Masao Hara Junichi Kato Toshiji Eda | ||
| Antonio Amato Salvatore Nuvoli Cosimo Campioto Livio Tesconi Antonio Casuar Giancarlo Casalini Sergio Tagliapietra Arrigo Menicocci Vincenzo Rubolotta | ||
| Richard Wheadon Michael Delahooke Ian Welsh Kenneth Masser Simon Tozer Alan Watson John A. Russell Chris Davidge John Hinde | ||
| Santé Marcuzzi Émile Clerc Richard Duc Maurice Bas Édouard Leguery Jean-Jacques Vignon Maurice Houdayer René Massiasse Jacques Vilcoq |