Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Men's discus throw

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Athletics at the
2007 All-Africa Games
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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 women
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Road events
Half marathon men women
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Field events
High jump men women
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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 at the 2007 All-Africa Games was held on July 18.

Discus throw event in track and field athletics

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 athletics competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games was held on the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria between 18 July and 22 July 2007. Nigeria was the most successful nation of the competition having won nine golds and 24 medals in total. South Africa was a close second with seven golds and also a total of 24 medals overall. Tunisia and Botswana were the next most successful, although Ethiopia and Kenya had greater medal hauls.

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality Result Notes
Omar El Ghazaly Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 62.28
Yasser Fathy Ibrahim Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 61.58
Hannes Hopley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 57.79
4 Yemi Ayeni Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 57.64
5 Ali Khelifa Abdallah Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 54.07 NR
6 Chima Ugwu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 53.75
7 Kenechukwu Ezeofor Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 53.51

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