Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Men's discus throw

Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games
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
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Half marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
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 2011 All-Africa Games took place on 11 September at the Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY)
Silver	Victor Hogan (RSA)
Bronze	Russell Tucker (RSA)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing World, African record and World leading were as follows:

World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
World leading	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	69.50	Budapest, Hungary	30 July 2011
African record	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	70.32	Salon-de-Provence, France	26 May 2002

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Yasser Ibrahim Farag	Egypt	63.20	X	63.20	X	59.82	X	63.20m
	Victor Hogan	South Africa	62.60	X	X	60.74	X	X	62.60m
	Russell Tucker	South Africa	X	54.00	51.54	55.98	54.27	X	55.98m
4	Abderrahmane Bourakba	Algeria	X	X	X	52.47	X	X	52.47m
5	Elvino Pierre Louis	Mauritius	X	43.83	47.86	51.89	X	49.77	51.89m
6	Ezeofo Kenechukukwa	Nigeria	50.92	50.34	X	X	X	50.54	50.92m
7	Siegfried Luccioni Mve	Gabon	48.55	46.53	46.36	45.33	46.97	45.78	48.55m	NR

References

1. (Portuguese) Local Arrangements (Venues)
2. Athletics results on All Africa Games 2011 on Official website

External links

"All-Africa Games - Day 1 Results". www.africathle.com. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.