Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Men's discus throw
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The men's discus throw event at the 2011 All-Africa Games took place on 11 September at the Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto.{{in lang|pt}} [http://allafricagamesmaputo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154:video-shows-somali-pirates-pursued&catid=84:informacao-geral&Itemid=201 Local Arrangements (Venues)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324035333/http://allafricagamesmaputo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154%3Avideo-shows-somali-pirates-pursued&catid=84%3Ainformacao-geral&Itemid=201 |date=2012-03-24 }}[http://196.28.226.22/ENG/ZZ/ZZS158A_AT@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_date=2011-09-11.htm# Athletics results on All Africa Games 2011]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on Official website
Medalists
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| bgcolor="gold"|Gold | {{flagathlete|Yasser Ibrahim Farag|EGY}} |
| bgcolor="silver"|Silver | {{flagathlete|Victor Hogan|RSA}} |
| bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze | {{flagathlete|Russell Tucker|RSA}} |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, African record and world leading were as follows:
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| World record
|{{flagathlete|Jürgen Schult|GDR}} |74.08 |6 June 1986 |
| World leading
|{{flagathlete|Zoltán Kővágó|HUN}} |69.50 |30 July 2011 |
| African record
|{{flagathlete|Frantz Kruger|RSA}} |70.32 |26 May 2002 |
Results
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!Rank!!Athlete!!Nationality!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!Result!!Notes | ||||||||||
| {{Gold1}} | align="left"|Yasser Ibrahim Farag | align="left"|{{EGY}} | 63.20 | X | 63.20 | X | 59.82 | X | 63.20m | |
| {{Silver2}} | align="left"|Victor Hogan | align="left"|{{RSA}} | 62.60 | X | X | 60.74 | X | X | 62.60m | |
| {{Bronze3}} | align="left"|Russell Tucker | align="left"|{{RSA}} | X | 54.00 | 51.54 | 55.98 | 54.27 | X | 55.98m | |
| 4 | align="left"|Abderrahmane Bourakba | align="left"|{{ALG}} | X | X | X | 52.47 | X | X | 52.47m | |
| 5 | align="left"|Elvino Pierre Louis | align="left"|{{MRI}} | X | 43.83 | 47.86 | 51.89 | X | 49.77 | 51.89m | |
| 6 | align="left"|Ezeofo Kenechukukwa | align="left"|{{NGR}} | 50.92 | 50.34 | X | X | X | 50.54 | 50.92m | |
| 7 | align="left"|Siegfried Luccioni Mve | align="left"|{{GAB}} | 48.55 | 46.53 | 46.36 | 45.33 | 46.97 | 45.78 | 48.55m | NR |
References
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External links
{{cite web|title=All-Africa Games - Day 1 Results|url=http://www.africathle.com/?q=en%2Fcontent%2Fall-africa-games-jeux-africains-maputo-mozambique-11-159|publisher=www.africathle.com|date=11 September 2011|accessdate=12 September 2011}}
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