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Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 800 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 5. And 7 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

Medalists※

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Peter Bourke  Australia	James Maina Boi  Kenya	Chris McGeorge  England

Results※

Heats※

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the "semifinals."

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Peter Bourke	Australia	1:50.82	Q
2	1	James Maina Boi	Kenya	1:51.02	Q
3	3	Paul Forbes	Scotland	1:51.64	Q
4	3	Spyros Spyrou	Cyprus	1:51.90	Q
5	1	Philip Norgate	Wales	1:52.02	Q
6	3	Juma Ndiwa	Kenya	1:52.17	Q
7	3	Garry Cook	England	1:52.34	Q
8	1	Temba Mpofu	Botswana	1:52.38	Q
9	3	Tap Jonga	Zimbabwe	1:52.41	Q
10	1	Sean O'Neill	Northern Ireland	1:52.64	Q
11	1	Charlie Oliver	Solomon Islands	1:52.64	q
12	1	Glen Taute	Zimbabwe	1:52.74	q
13	3	Maxwell Carver	Mauritius	1:52.87	q
14	3	Richard Kermode	Fiji	1:52.91
15	1	Gordon Hinds	Barbados	1:53.96
16	2	Brett Crew	Australia	1:54.28	Q
17	2	Chris McGeorge	England	1:54.57	Q
18	2	Olsen Barr	Guyana	1:54.63	Q
19	2	John Walker	New Zealand	1:54.67	Q
20	2	Sammy Koskei	Kenya	1:54.85	Q
21	2	Joseph Ramotshabi	Botswana	1:55.13
22	2	Archfel Musango	Zambia	1:55.46
23	2	John Chappory	Gibraltar	1:55.65
24	2	Ilimotama Daku	Fiji	1:55.70
25	3	Yeung Sai Mo	Hong Kong	1:56.69
26	1	Jolly Kapere	Malawi	1:58.09
26	3	Aaron Hitu	Solomon Islands	1:58.09

Semifinals※

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Peter Bourke	Australia	1:50.56	Q
2	2	Sammy Koskei	Kenya	1:50.71	Q
3	2	Chris McGeorge	England	1:50.72	Q
4	1	Paul Forbes	Scotland	1:50.87	Q
5	1	James Maina Boi	Kenya	1:50.88	Q
6	2	Juma Ndiwa	Kenya	1:50.91	Q
7	2	Spyros Spyrou	Cyprus	1:50.96	q
8	1	Brett Crew	Australia	1:51.16	Q
9	1	John Walker	New Zealand	1:51.68	Q
10	1	Olsen Barr	Guyana	1:52.49
11	2	Tap Jonga	Zimbabwe	1:53.22
12	2	Maxwell Carver	Mauritius	1:53.37
13	2	Temba Mpofu	Botswana	1:53.80
14	1	Charlie Oliver	Solomon Islands	1:56.50
15	1	Sean O'Neill	Northern Ireland	1:57.16
16	1	Glen Taute	Zimbabwe	1:58.86
	1	Garry Cook	England	DNF
	2	Philip Norgate	Wales	DNF

Final※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Peter Bourke	Australia	1:45.18
	James Maina Boi	Kenya	1:45.45
	Chris McGeorge	England	1:45.60
4	John Walker	New Zealand	1:46.23
5	Brett Crew	Australia	1:46.82
6	Spyros Spyrou	Cyprus	1:47.64
7	Juma Ndiwa	Kenya	1:47.74
8	Paul Forbes	Scotland	1:49.05
9	Sammy Koskei	Kenya	1:52.43

References※

• Heats & Semifinals results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Heat & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results Archived 14 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine