African Games 2019 / Athletics - Men's Shot Put
The shot put men at the Africa Games in 2019 took place on 27 August at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat instead.
Twelve shot putters from eight countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Chukwuebuka Enekendungi with 21.48 m, which was also a new record for the African Games. Silver went to Mohamed Magdi Hamza with 20.85 m and Mostafa Hassan won the bronze medal with 20.74 m.
Records
World record | Randy Barnes | 23.12 m | Los Angeles , United States | May 20, 1990 |
Record of games | Franck Elemba | 20.25 m | African Games in Brazzaville , Republic of the Congo | September 14, 2015 |
Result
August 27, 2019, 4:15 p.m.
space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chukwuebuka Enekwarti | Nigeria | 20.09 | 20.91 | 20.97 | 21.07 | 21.44 | 21.48 | 21.48 GR | |
Mohamed Magdi Hamza | Egypt | x | 18.66 | 19.20 | 19.60 | 20.20 | 20.85 | 20.85 | |
Mostafa Amr Hassan | Egypt | 19.81 | 19.70 | x | 19.29 | 20.74 | x | 20.74 | |
4th | Dotun Ogundeji | Nigeria | 18.72 | x | 19.68 | 19.92 | x | 20.06 | 20.06 |
5 | Orazio Cremona | South Africa | 19.51 | 19.30 | 20.06 | 19.56 | 19.79 | x | 20.06 |
6th | Franck Elemba | Republic of the Congo | 18.70 | 19.17 | 19.00 | 19.13 | x | 19.10 | 19.17 |
7th | Kyle Blignaut | South Africa | 17.98 | 17.80 | x | 17.63 | 17.65 | 17.81 | 17.98 |
8th | Henry-Bernard Baptiste | Mauritius | 16.44 | 17.88 | 17.73 | 17.65 | x | 16.77 | 17.88 |
9 | Amine Moukhles | Morocco | 16.12 | 16.07 | x | not in the final of the eight best shot putters |
16.12 | ||
10 | Billy Jospen Takougoum Kutche | Cameroon | x | 14.49 | 16.06 | 16.06 | |||
11 | Mohammed Chachi | Morocco | 15.09 | 14.82 | x | 15.09 | |||
12 | Zegeye Moga Lencha | Ethiopia | 14.16 | 13.87 | x | 14.16 | |||
Dominic Ondigi Abunda | Kenya | DNS |
Web links and sources
- Results on the 2019 African Games website
- Results. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: atos.net. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .