| Events at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | |||||
| 100 m | men | women | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| 400 m | men | women | |||
| 800 m | men | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | women | |||
| 10,000 m | men | women | |||
| 100 m hurdles | women | ||||
| 110 m hurdles | men | ||||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | ||||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | |||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | |||
| Road events | |||||
| 10 km walk | women | ||||
| 20 km walk | men | ||||
| Field events | |||||
| High jump | men | women | |||
| Pole vault | men | women | |||
| Long jump | men | women | |||
| Triple jump | men | women | |||
| Shot put | men | women | |||
| Discus throw | men | women | |||
| Hammer throw | men | women | |||
| Javelin throw | men | women | |||
| Combined events | |||||
| Heptathlon | women | ||||
| Decathlon | men | ||||
The men's discus throw event at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics was held in Radès, Tunisia on August 8. [1]
The discus throw is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue, Discobolus. Although not part of the modern pentathlon, it was one of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least to 708 BC, and is part of the modern decathlon.
The 13th African Championships in Athletics were held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia in August, 2002.
