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

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

Records

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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

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Date Time Round
September 12, 2011 17:45 Final

Results

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Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Yasser Farag Ibrahim   Egypt 18.30 19.40 19.73 X X 19.28 19.73m GR
  Jaco Engelbrecht   South Africa 18.41 X 18.89 X X 18.24 18.89m
  Roelie Potgieter   South Africa 17.76 17.90 18.30 18.68 X 17.99 18.68m
4 Ross Jordaan   South Africa 17.60 X 17.19 17.87 X 18.08 18.08m
5 Frank Elemba   Republic of the Congo X 15.15 15.42 16.44 15.73 16.08 16.44m
6 Moussa Diarra   Mali 15.89 16.23 16.12 15.87 X 15.91 16.23m
7 Luccioni Mve   Gabon X X 14.66 15.01 X X 15.01m

References

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