African Games 2019 / Athletics - Men's Discus Throw

The men's discus throw at the 2019 African Games took place on August 26th at the Stade Moulay Abdallah in Rabat .

Ten discus throwers from nine countries took part in the competition. Shehab Ahmed won the gold medal with 59.29 m, Silver went to Dotun Ogundeji with 57.82 m and Elbachir Mbarki won the bronze medal with 56.92 m.

Records

World record	Jürgen Schult	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg , German Democratic Republic	June 6, 1986
Record of games	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	63.61 m	African Games in Abuja , Nigeria	October 13, 2003

Result

August 26, 2019, 4:05 p.m.

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Shehab Mohamed Abdalaziz	Egypt	51.05	57.41	59.29	x	x	x	59.29
	Dotun Ogundeji	Nigeria	54.15	51.33	52.10	x	55.28	57.82	57.82
	Elbachir Mbarki	Morocco	x	x	48.29	56.92	x	56.07	56.92
4th	Mohamed Wadah Mansour	Libya	56.67	56.58	56.31	x	55.22	55.03	56.67
5	Christopher Jonathan Sophie	Mauritius	53.67	x	55.88	x	54.60	x	55.88
6th	Ryan Williams	Namibia	x	51.65	50.59	x	47.75	53.01	53.01
7th	Akrem Sassi	Tunisia	45.52	50.63	47.68	x	x	46.62	50.63
8th	Aly Abdelmagied	Egypt	x	46.72	47.21	44.00	x	47.81	47.81
9	Mamush Taye Degema	Ethiopia	42.76	46.04	46.46	not in the final of the eight best throwers			46.46
10	You able Kambou	Burkina Faso	x	45.01	46.33				46.33

Explanation of symbols:
- = attempt skipped, x = failed attempt

Web links and sources

• Results on the 2019 African Games website
• Results. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: atos.net. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .