title: Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Men's shot put
text: # Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Men's shot put
  
  The Men's Shot Put event at the 2011 All-Africa Games took place on 12 September at the Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Yasser Farag Ibrahim (EGY) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Jaco Engelbrecht (RSA) |
  | Bronze | Roelie Potgieter (RSA) |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.
  
  | World record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Games record | Burger Lambrechts (RSA) | 19.50 | Johannesburg, South Africa | September 1999 |
  | World Leading | Dylan Armstrong (CAN) | 22.21 | Calgary, Canada | 25 June 2011 |
  | African record | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.97 | Eugene, United States | 2 June 2001 |
  
  The games record was broken by gold medalist.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | September 12, 2011 | 17:45 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Yasser Farag Ibrahim | Egypt | 18.30 | 19.40 | 19.73 | X | X | 19.28 | 19.73m | GR |
  | | Jaco Engelbrecht | South Africa | 18.41 | X | 18.89 | X | X | 18.24 | 18.89m | |
  | | Roelie Potgieter | South Africa | 17.76 | 17.90 | 18.30 | 18.68 | X | 17.99 | 18.68m | |
  | 4 | Ross Jordaan | South Africa | 17.60 | X | 17.19 | 17.87 | X | 18.08 | 18.08m | |
  | 5 | Frank Elemba | Republic of the Congo | X | 15.15 | 15.42 | 16.44 | 15.73 | 16.08 | 16.44m | |
  | 6 | Moussa Diarra | Mali | 15.89 | 16.23 | 16.12 | 15.87 | X | 15.91 | 16.23m | |
  | 7 | Luccioni Mve | Gabon | X | X | 14.66 | 15.01 | X | X | 15.01m | |
  