2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put explained

The men's shot put at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 27 June.

Medalists

Gold	Burger Lambrechts
Silver	Orazio Cremona
Bronze	Yasser Ibrahim Farag

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record		23.12	Westwood, United States	20 May 1990
African record		21.97	Eugene, United States	2 June 2001
Championship record		21.02	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	18 July 2004

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	5	5	6	Result	Notes
			19.51	19.48					19.51
			17.12	19.19	18.90				19.19
			18.71	18.17	18.78				18.78
			17.85	17.91					17.91
				16.12	16.19		16.23		16.23
			15.47	16.01	15.94	14.85			16.01
			15.68	15.26	15.93		14.70	14.69	15.93
			15.34	15.63		15.67	14.22	14.52	15.67
				15.45	13.80				15.45
10			13.89	13.79	13.32				13.89
11			12.80	13.28	13.37				13.37

References

• Results