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

The Men's Shot Put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

event at the 2011 All-Africa Games
2011 All-Africa Games
The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked only the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent.-Host awarding:...

took place on 12 september at the Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto.

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Records

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

World record	23.12	Westwood Westwood, Los Angeles, California Westwood is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of the University of California, Los Angeles .-History:... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	20 May 1990
Games record	19.50	Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa... , South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	September 1999
World Leading	22.21	Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	25 June 2011
African record	21.97	Eugene Eugene, Oregon Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S... , United States	2 June 2001

The games record was broken by gold medalist.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
September 12, 2011	17:45	Final

Final

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

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