These are the official results of the Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, held from December 3 to December 6, 1956. There were 19 participants representing 19 nations in competition.
| RANK | NAME CYCLIST |
|---|---|
| Michel Rousseau (FRA) | |
| Guglielmo Pesenti (ITA) | |
| Dick Ploog (AUS) | |
| 4. | Warren Johnston (NZL) |
| 5. | Jack Disney (USA) |
| 6. | Ladislav Fouček (TCH) |
| 7. | Boris Romanov (URS) |
| 8. | Thomas Shardelow (RSA) |
| 9. | Anísio Argenton (BRA) |
| 10. | Evrard Godefroid (BEL) |
| 11. | Hernán Masanés (CHI) |
| 12. | Leon Mejia (COL) |
| 13. | Hylton Mitchell (TRI) |
| 14. | Shahzada Muhammad Shah-Rukh (PAK) |
| 15. | Keith Harrison (GBR) |
| 16. | Le Van Phuoc (VIE) |
| 17. | Fred Markus (CAN) |
| 18. | Paul Nyman (FIN) |
| 19. | Günther Ziegler (EUA) |