Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Men's shot put

The Men's Shot Put event at the 2011 All-Africa Games took place on 12 September at the Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto.[1][2]

Athletics at the
2011 All-Africa Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Half marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
Gold Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY)
Silver Jaco Engelbrecht (RSA)
Bronze Roelie Potgieter (RSA)

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Westwood, United States 20 May 1990
Games record  Burger Lambrechts (RSA) 19.50 Johannesburg, South Africa September 1999
World Leading  Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 22.21 Calgary, Canada 25 June 2011
African record  Janus Robberts (RSA) 21.97 Eugene, United States 2 June 2001

The games record was broken by gold medalist.

Schedule
Date Time Round
September 12, 201117:45Final

Results

Final
RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Ibrahim Farag Yasser Egypt18.3019.4019.73XX19.2819.73mGR
Jaco Engelbrecht South Africa18.41X18.89XX18.2418.89m
Roelie Potgieter South Africa17.7617.9018.3018.68X17.9918.68m
4Ross Jordaan South Africa17.60X17.1917.87X18.0818.08m
5Frank Elemba Republic of the CongoX15.1515.4216.4415.7316.0816.44m
6Moussa Diarra Mali15.8916.2316.1215.87X15.9116.23m
7Luccioni Mve GabonXX14.6615.01XX15.01m

References
  1. (in Portuguese) Local Arrangements (Venues) Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Athletics results on All Africa Games 2011 on Official website

"All-Africa Games - Day 5 Results". www.africathle.com. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

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