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

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 South Africa |
| - | - |
| Silver | Orazio Cremona South Africa |
| Bronze | Yasser Ibrahim Farag Egypt |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics :

| World record | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23.12 | Westwood, United States | 20 May 1990 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| African record | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.97 | Eugene, United States | 2 June 2001 |
| Championship record | Janus Robberts (RSA) | 21.02 | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 18 July 2004 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 27 June 2012 | 15:50 | Final |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #5 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Burger Lambrechts | South Africa | 19.51 | 19.48 | x | – | – | x | 19.51 |
| | Orazio Cremona | South Africa | 17.12 | 19.19 | 18.90 | x | x | x | 19.19 |
| | Yasser Ibrahim Farag | Egypt | 18.71 | 18.17 | 18.78 | x | x | – | 18.78 |
| 4 | Jaco Engelbrecht | South Africa | 17.85 | 17.91 | x | x | x | x | 17.91 |
| 5 | Franck Elemba Owaka | Republic of the Congo | x | 16.12 | 16.19 | x | 16.23 | x | 16.23 |
| 6 | Emmanuel Asante-Ofori | Ghana | 15.47 | 16.01 | 15.94 | 14.85 | x | x | 16.01 |
| 7 | Kenechukwu Ezeofor | Nigeria | 15.68 | 15.26 | 15.93 | x | 14.70 | 14.69 | 15.93 |
| 8 | Essohounamondom Tchalim | Togo | 15.34 | 15.63 | x | 15.67 | 14.22 | 14.52 | 15.67 |
| 9 | Lucionni Mve | Gabon | x | 15.45 | 13.80 | | | | 15.45 |
| 10 | Romainio Houndeladji | Benin | 13.89 | 13.79 | 13.32 | | | | 13.89 |
| 11 | Timothee Lengani | Burkina Faso | 12.80 | 13.28 | 13.37 | | | | 13.37 |
