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		women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer 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]

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

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

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

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