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

The Men's Discus Throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, 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 evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

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 11 september at the Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto.

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Records

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

World record	74.08	Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee .... , East Germany	6 June 1986
World leading	69.50	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... , Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	30 July 2011
African record	70.32	Salon-de-Provence Salon-de-Provence Salon-de-Provence is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It is the location of an important air base.-History:Salon was a Gallo-Roman oppidum well positioned on the salt trade routes between Adriatic, Atlantic and Mediterranean seas, hence its name... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	26 May 2002

Results

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Yasser Ibrahim Farag Yasser Ibrahim Farag is an Egyptian shot putter.He has also taken part in discus throw competitions. In 2003 he was the Egyptian champion in both shot put and discus throw....	63.20	X	63.20	X	59.82	X	63.20m
	Victor Hogan	62.60	X	X	60.74	X	X	62.60m
	Rossell Tucker	X	54.00	51.54	55.98	54.27	X	55.98m
4	Abderrahmane Bourakba	X	X	X	52.47	X	X	52.47m
5	Elvino Pierre Louis	X	43.83	47.86	51.89	X	49.77	51.89m
6	Ezeofo Kenechukukwa	50.92	50.34	X	X	X	50.54	50.92m
7	Siegfried Luccioni Mve	48.55	46.53	46.36	45.33	46.97	45.78	48.55m	NR Gabonese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Gabon maintained by Gabon's national athletics federation: Fédération Gabonaise d'Athlétisme.-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-External links:...

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