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]

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

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

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