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

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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]

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Medalists

GoldFlag of Egypt.svg  Yasser Farag Ibrahim  (EGY)
SilverFlag of South Africa.svg  Jaco Engelbrecht  (RSA)
BronzeFlag of South Africa.svg  Roelie Potgieter  (RSA)

Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Randy Barnes  (USA)23.12 Westwood, United States 20 May 1990
Games record Flag of South Africa.svg  Burger Lambrechts  (RSA)19.50 Johannesburg, South Africa September 1999
World LeadingFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Dylan Armstrong  (CAN)22.21 Calgary, Canada 25 June 2011
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Janus Robberts  (RSA)21.97 Eugene, United States2 June 2001

The games record was broken by gold medalist.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
September 12, 201117:45 Final

Results

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Yasser Farag Ibrahim Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 18.3019.4019.73XX19.2819.73m GR
Silver medal icon.svg Jaco Engelbrecht Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 18.41X18.89XX18.2418.89m
Bronze medal icon.svg Roelie Potgieter Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 17.7617.9018.3018.68X17.9918.68m
4 Ross Jordaan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 17.60X17.1917.87X18.0818.08m
5 Frank Elemba Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo X15.1515.4216.4415.7316.0816.44m
6 Moussa Diarra Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 15.8916.2316.1215.87X15.9116.23m
7 Luccioni Mve Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon XX14.6615.01XX15.01m

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References

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