German Olympic Trials
Berlin, GDR
September 13-15, 1956
Semifinals
| 1956-09-13 | 51kg | Manfred Homberg | FRG | Harry Schwer | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-14 | 51kg | Edgar Basel | FRG | Kurt Milleck | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-13 | 54kg | Manfred Hahner | FRG | Herbert Brien | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-14 | 54kg | Wolfgang Behrendt | GDR | Otto Albrecht | FRG | PTS |
| 1956-09-14 | 57kg | Karl-Heinz Schulz | GDR | Hans-Peter Mehling | FRG | PTS |
| 1956-09-13 | 57kg | Burhard Schroeter | GDR | Wolfgang Schwarz | FRG | PTS |
| 1956-09-13 | 60kg | Harry Kurschat | FRG | Herbert Olesch | GDR | TKO 3 |
| 1956-09-14 | 60kg | Horst Herper | FRG | Wolfgang Labahn | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-13 | 63,5kg | Conny Gutschmidt | GDR | Erwin Rogosch | FRG | PTS |
| 1956-09-14 | 63,5kg | Willi Roth | FRG | Guenther Gohlke | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-13 | 67kg | Manfred Haas | FRG | Detlef Buechsenschuss | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-14 | 67kg | Erich Posorski | GDR | Karl-Heinz Johannpeter | FRG | PTS |
| 1956-09-13 | 71kg | Rolf Caroli | GDR | Franz-Josef Keul | FRG | TKO 2 |
| 1956-09-14 | 71kg | Ulrich Kienast | FRG | Heinz Nagel | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-13 | 75kg | Rolf Peters | FRG | Wiedemann | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-14 | 75kg | Dieter Wemhoener | FRG | Paul Nickel | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-13 | 81kg | Ulrich Nitzschke | GDR | Georg Krenz | FRG | PTS |
| 1956-09-14 | 81kg | Hans Robak | GDR | Emil Willer | FRG | TKO 1 |
| 1956-09-13 | +81kg | Ulrich Ritter | FRG | Walter Krueger | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-14 | +81kg | Horst Witterstein | FRG | Heinz Pingel | GDR | PTS |
Finals
| 1956-09-15 | 51kg | Edgar Basel | FRG | Manfred Homberg | FRG | NC |
| 1956-09-15 | 54kg | Wolfgang Behrendt | GDR | Manfred Hahner | FRG | KO 2 |
| 1956-09-15 | 57kg | Burhard Schroeter | GDR | Karl-Heinz Schulz | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-15 | 60kg | Harry Kurschat | FRG | Horst Herper | FRG | PTS |
| 1956-09-15 | 63,5kg | Willi Roth | FRG | Conny Gutschmidt | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-15 | 67kg | Erich Posorski | GDR | Manfred Haas | FRG | PTS |
| 1956-09-15 | 71kg | Ulrich Kienast | FRG | Rolf Caroli | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-15 | 75kg | Dieter Wemhoener | FRG | Rolf Peters | FRG | PTS |
| 1956-09-15 | 81kg | Ulrich Nitzschke | GDR | Hans Robak | GDR | PTS |
| 1956-09-15 | +81kg | Horst Witterstein | FRG | Ulrich Ritter | FRG | PTS |
Basel was injured and final was later.