1982 Commonwealth Games / Athletics

At the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane , a total of 39 athletics competitions were held between October 3rd and 10th, 23 of them for men and 16 for women. The venue was the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium .

Men

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Allan Wells	SCO	10.02
2	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.05
3	Cameron Sharp	SCO	10.07
4th	Paul Narracott	OUT	10.09
5	Mike McFarlane	CLOSELY	10.11
6th	Tony Sharpe	CAN	10.11
7th	Drew McMaster	SCO	10.16
8th	Desai Williams	CAN	10.17
9	Gerrard Keating	OUT	10.18

Final: October 4th

Wind: 5.9 m / s

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Mike McFarlane	CLOSELY	20.43
	Allan Wells	SCO	20.43
3	Cameron Sharp	SCO	20.55
4th	Paul Narracott	OUT	20.65
5	Bruce Frayne	OUT	20.72
6th	Tony Sharpe	CAN	20.77
7th	Donovan Reid	CLOSELY	20.87
8th	Luke Watson	CLOSELY	20.88
9	Desai Williams	CAN	21.04

Final: October 7th

Wind: 0.4 m / s

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bert Cameron	JAM	45.89
2	Rick Mitchell	OUT	46.61
3	Gary Minihan	OUT	46.68
4th	Mike Okot	UGA	46.81
5	Todd Bennett	CLOSELY	47.06
6th	Philip Brown	CLOSELY	47.11
7th	Tim Bethune	CAN	47.34
8th	Greg Parker	OUT	47.57
9	James Atuti	KEN	48.01

Final: October 4th

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Peter Bourke	OUT	1: 45.18
2	James Maina Boi	KEN	1: 45.45
3	Chris McGeorge	CLOSELY	1: 45.60
4th	John Walker	NZL	1: 46.23
5	Board crew	OUT	1: 46.82
6th	Spyros Spyrou	CYP	1: 47.64
7th	Juma Ndiwa	KEN	1: 47.74
8th	Paul Forbes	SCO	1: 49.05
9	Sammy Koskei	KEN	1: 52.43

Final: October 7th

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Steve Cram	CLOSELY	3: 42.37
2	John Walker	NZL	3: 43.11
3	Mike Boit	KEN	3: 43.33
4th	Graham Williamson	SCO	3: 43.84
5	Michael Hillardt	OUT	3: 44.03
6th	Colin Reitz	CLOSELY	3: 44.35
7th	Michael Gilchrist	NZL	3: 44.50
8th	Tony Rogers	NZL	3: 45.11

Final: October 9th

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	David Moorcroft	CLOSELY	13: 33.00
2	Nick Rose	CLOSELY	13: 35.97
3	Peter Koech	KEN	13: 36.95
4th	Zakariah Barie	TAN	13: 39.03
5	Philippos Philippou	CYP	13: 39.13
6th	Nat Muir	SCO	13: 40.84
7th	John Andrews	OUT	13: 42.62
8th	Peter Renner	NZL	13: 45.00

October 7th

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gidamis Shahanga	TAN	28: 10.15
2	Zakariah Barie	TAN	28: 10.55
3	Julian Goater	CLOSELY	28: 16.11
4th	Charlie Spedding	CLOSELY	28: 24.94
5	Allister Hutton	SCO	28: 28.62
6th	Dennis Fowles	WHALE	28: 33.89
7th	Zephaniah Ncube	ZIM	28: 38.85
8th	Lawrie Whitty	OUT	28: 43.93

October 3

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Robert de Castella	OUT	2:09:18
2	Juma Ikangaa	TAN	2:09:30
3	Mike Gratton	CLOSELY	2:12:06
4th	John Graham	SCO	2:13:04
5	Kevin Ryan	NZL	2:13:42
6th	Gidamis Shahanga	TAN	2:14:25
7th	Graham Laing	SCO	2:14:54
8th	Ian Ray	CLOSELY	2:15:11

8th October

30 km of walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Steve Barry	WHALE	2:10:16
2	Marcel Jobin	CAN	2:12:24
3	Guillaume Leblanc	CAN	2:14:56
4th	Willi Sawall	OUT	2:15:23
5	François Lapointe	CAN	2:17:02
6th	Tim Erickson	OUT	2:19:45
7th	Roger Mills	CLOSELY	2:21:54
8th	Murray Lambden	IOM	2:22:18

October 7th

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Mark McKoy	CAN	13.37
2	Mark Holtom	CLOSELY	13.43
3	Don Wright	OUT	13.58
4th	Wilbert Greaves	CLOSELY	13.66
5	Max Binnington	OUT	13.72
6th	Berwyn Price	WHALE	13.73
7th	Philip Sang	KEN	14.08
8th	Karl Smith	JAM	14.11
9	Warren Parr	OUT	14.15

Final: October 4th

Wind: 1.9 m / s

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Garry Brown	OUT	49.37
2	Peter Rwamuhanda	UGA	49.95
3	Greg role	BAH	50.50
4th	Mike Whittingham	CLOSELY	51.04
5	Lloyd Guss	CAN	51.23
6th	Stan Devine	SCO	51.68
7th	Eric Spence	CAN	51.84
8th	Gary Oakes	CLOSELY	51.96
9	Karl Smith	JAM	53.52

Final: October 7th

3000 meter obstacle course

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Julius Korir	KEN	8: 23.94
2	Graeme fur	CLOSELY	8: 26.64
3	Greg Duhaime	CAN	8: 29.14
4th	Roger Hackney	WHALE	8: 32.84
5	Peter Renner	NZL	8: 34.32
6th	Philippos Philippou	CYP	8: 35.23
7th	Amos Korir	KEN	8: 38.48
8th	Colin Reitz	CLOSELY	8: 41.94

4th of October

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Nigeria	Lawrence Adegbeingbe Iziaq Adeyanju Samson Oyeledun Ikpoto Eseme	39.15
2	Canada	Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams Mark McKoy	39.30
3	Scotland	Gus McCuaig Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Drew McMaster	39.33
4th	Australia	Paul Narracott Gerrard Keating Bruce Frayne Peter Gandy	39.39
5	England	Harry King Donovan Reid Mike McFarlane Jim Evans	39.67
6th	Ghana	Ernest Obeng William Hammond Sam Aidoo Awudu Nuhu	40.52
7th	Kenya	Alfred Nyambane Peter Wekesa John Anzrah James Maina Boi	40.94
8th	Zimbabwe	Charles Gumbura Gian Franco Poggioli Zenas Marambakuyana Christopher Madzokere	41.75
9	Western Samoa	William Fong Sioeli Saufoi Rolagi Faa Mausili Joseph Leota	41.91

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	England	Steve Scutt Garry Cook Todd Bennett Philip Brown	3: 05.45
2	Australia	Gary Minihan John Fleming Greg Parker Rick Mitchell	3: 05.82
3	Kenya	Elisha Bitok Juma Ndiwa John Anzrah James Maina Boi	3: 06.33
4th	Canada	Douglas Hinds Ian Newhouse Lloyd Guss Tim Bethune	3: 07.04
5	Barbados	Hamil Grimes David Carter Gordon Hinds Richard Louis	3: 12.44
6th	Zambia	Charles Lupiya Lyamba Nyambe Dick Kunda Davison Lishebo	3: 13.85
7th	Ghana	John Barnor Akuttey William Hammond Awudu Nuhu Edward Pappoe	3: 14.31
8th	Zimbabwe	Glen Taute Mark Fanucci Glen de Souza Njere Shumba	3: 15.18
9	Botswana	Pius Kgannyeng Temba Mpofu Shepherd Mogapi Joseph Ramotshabi	3: 18.70

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Milton Ottey	CAN	2.31
2	Stephen Wray	BAH	2.31
3	Clarence Saunders	BER	2.19
4th	David Abrahams	CLOSELY	2.19
5	Greg Joy	CAN	2.16
	Alain Metellus	CAN	2.16
7th	Geoff Parsons	SCO	2.16
8th	Roger Te Puni	NZL	2.13

October 7th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Ray Boyd	OUT	5.20
2	Jeff Gutteridge	CLOSELY	5.20
3	Graham Eggleton	SCO	5.20
4th	Bruce Simpson	CAN	5.10
5	Keith Stock	CLOSELY	4.85
6th	Andrew Stewart	OUT	4.85
7th	Kieran McKee	NZL	4.70
	Dave Steen	CAN	NM

8th October

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gary Honey	OUT	8.13
2	Steve Hanna	BAH	7.79 w
3	Stephen Walsh	NZL	7.75
4th	John Herbert	CLOSELY	7.54
5	Steven Knott	OUT	7.53
6th	Moses Kiyai	KEN	7.48
7th	Delroy Poyser	JAM	7.24 w
8th	Stalin Issah	GHA	7.03 w

October 7th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Keith Connor	CLOSELY	17.81 w
2	Ken Lorraway	OUT	17.54 w
3	Aston Moore	CLOSELY	16.76 w
4th	Steve Hanna	BAH	16.56 w
5	John Herbert	CLOSELY	16.48 w
6th	Norbert Elliott	BAH	16.36 w
7th	Marios Hadjiandreou	CYP	16.31 w
8th	Moses Kiyai	KEN	14.91 w

9th October

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bruno Pauletto	CAN	19.55
2	Mike Winch	CLOSELY	18.25
3	Luby Chambul	CAN	17.46
4th	Richard Slaney	CLOSELY	17.35
5	Simon Rodhouse	CLOSELY	17.18
6th	Matt Barber	OUT	15.33
7th	Stephen Chikomo	ZIM	13.72
8th	Christopher Pullen	ZIM	13.45

9th October

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bradley Cooper	BAH	64.04
2	Robert Gray	CAN	60.66
3	Bishop Dolegiewicz	CAN	60.34
4th	Richard Slaney	CLOSELY	60.14
5	Robert Weir	CLOSELY	59.26
6th	Pete Tancred	CLOSELY	58.82
7th	Richard Priman	OUT	54.30
8th	Robin Tait	NZL	54.22

8th October

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Robert Weir	CLOSELY	75.08
2	Martin Girvan	NIR	73.62
3	Chris Black	SCO	69.84
4th	Hans Lotz	OUT	68.82
5	Paul Dickenson	CLOSELY	67.96
6th	Harold Willers	CAN	65.06
7th	Phil Spivey	OUT	63.62
8th	Gus Puopolo	OUT	59.74

October 3

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mike O'Rourke	NZL	89.48
2	Laslo Babits	CAN	84.88
3	Zakayo Malekwa	TAN	80.22
4th	Phil Olsen	CAN	77.96
5	William Sang	KEN	77.64
6th	Peter Yates	CLOSELY	77.40
7th	David Ottley	CLOSELY	75.00
8th	David Hookway	NZL	69.72

9th October

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Daley Thompson	CLOSELY	8410
2	Dave Steen	CAN	8004
3	Fidelis Obikwu	CLOSELY	7726
4th	Peter Hadfield	OUT	7511
5	Peter Dyer	NZL	7316
6th	Charles Kokoyo	KEN	7118
7th	Greg Haydenluck	CAN	6766
8th	Colin Boreham	NIR	6727

5th October

Women

100 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Angella Taylor	CAN	11.00
2	Merlene Ottey	JAM	11.03
3	Colleen Pekin	OUT	11.24
4th	Angela Bailey	CAN	11.30
5	Wendy Hoyte	CLOSELY	11.31
	Rufina Ubah	NGR	11.31
7th	Heather Oakes	CLOSELY	11.39
8th	Helen Davey	OUT	11.44
9	Sonia Lannaman	CLOSELY	11.48

Final: October 4th

Wind: 1.4 m / s

200 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Merlene Ottey	JAM	22.19
2	Kathy Smallwood	CLOSELY	22.21
3	Angella Taylor	CAN	22.48
4th	Denise Boyd	OUT	22.72
5	Colleen Pekin	OUT	22.89
6th	Beverley Callender	CLOSELY	22.92
7th	Grace Jackson	JAM	23.25
8th	Angela Bailey	CAN	23.42
9	Helen Barnett	CLOSELY	23.57

Final: October 7th

Wind: 2.5 m / s

400 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Raelene Boyle	OUT	51.26
2	Michelle Scutt	WHALE	51.97
3	Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	CLOSELY	52.53
4th	Gladys Taylor	CLOSELY	52.56
5	Kim Robertson	NZL	53.02
6th	Molly Killingbeck	CAN	53.10
7th	Charmaine Crooks	CAN	53.16
8th	June Griffith	GUY	53.67
9	Linsey Macdonald	SCO	53.87

Final: October 4th

800 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kirsty McDermott	WHALE	2: 01.31
2	Anne Clarkson	SCO	2: 01.52
3	Heather Barralet	OUT	2: 01.70
4th	Terri-Ann Cater	OUT	2: 01.91
5	Shireen Hassan	CLOSELY	2: 02.21
6th	Lorraine Baker	CLOSELY	2: 03.17
7th	Christine Hughes	NZL	2: 04.87
8th	Francine Gendron	CAN	2: 06.21
9	Evelyn Adiru	UGA	2: 06.23

Final: October 7th

1500 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Christina Boxer	CLOSELY	4: 08.28
2	Gillian Dainty	CLOSELY	4: 10.80
3	Lorraine Moller	NZL	4: 12.67
4th	Dianne Rodger	NZL	4: 13.10
5	Geri Fitch	CAN	4: 13.40
6th	Kim Lock	WHALE	4: 14.02
7th	Kathryn Pilling	CLOSELY	4: 14.86
8th	Hilary Hollick	WHALE	4: 15.69

Final: October 9th

3000 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Anne Audain	NZL	8: 45.53
2	Wendy Smith	CLOSELY	8: 48.47
3	Lorraine Moller	NZL	8: 55.76
4th	Dianne Rodger	NZL	9: 06.05
5	Bev Bush	CAN	9: 12.02
6th	Geri Fitch	CAN	9: 12.78
7th	Debbie Peel	CLOSELY	9: 15.37
8th	Justina Chepchirchir	KEN	9: 15.40

4th of October

100 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Shirley Strong	CLOSELY	12.78
2	Lorna Boothe	CLOSELY	12.90
3	Sue Kameli	CAN	13.10
4th	Karen Nelson	CAN	13.10
5	Judy Livermore	CLOSELY	13.25
6th	Glynis Nunn	OUT	13.31
7th	Sylvia Forgrave	CAN	13.38
8th	Maria Usifo	NGR	13.39
9	Elaine McMaster	SCO	13.57

Final: October 8th

Wind: 4.5 m / s

400 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Debbie Flintoff	OUT	55.89
2	Ruth Kyalisima	UGA	57.10
3	Yvette Wray	CLOSELY	57.17
4th	Susan Morley	CLOSELY	57.57
5	Lynette Foreman	OUT	57.62
6th	Andrea Page	CAN	57.70
7th	Margaret Southerden	SCO	58.36
8th	Gwen Wall	CAN	58.49
9	Sandra Farmer	JAM	59.07

Final: October 7th

The 400 m hurdles for women were new to the Commonwealth Games program.

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	England	Wendy Hoyte Kathy Smallwood Beverley Callender Sonia Lannaman	43.15
2	Canada	Angela Bailey Marita Payne Angella Taylor Molly Killingbeck	43.66
3	Jamaica	Leleith Hodges Merlene Ottey Cathy Rattray Grace Jackson	43.69
4th	Australia	Jenny Flaherty Denise Boyd Colleen Pekin Helen Davey	43.84
5	Nigeria	Elizabeth Mokogwu Maria Usifo Tutu Ogunde Rufina Ubah	44.60
6th	Trinidad and Tobago	Janice Bernard Gillian Forde Maxine McMillan Angela Williams	44.74
7th	Ghana	Grace Armah Mercy Addy Georgina Aidoo Mary Mensah	45.93
8th	Kenya	Geraldine Shitandayi Ruth Waithera Joyce Odhiambo Alice Adala	46.13
9	Gambia	Georgiana Freeman Jabou Jawo Amie Ndow Frances Jatta	47.51

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Canada	Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Angella Taylor	3: 27.70
2	Australia	Leanne Evans Denise Boyd Debbie Flintoff Raelene Boyle	3: 27.72
3	Scotland	Sandra Whittaker Anne Clarkson Angela Bridgeman Linsey Macdonald	3: 32.92
4th	England	Yvette Wray Gladys Taylor Kathy Smallwood Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	3: 35.35
5	Wales	Carmen Smart Kirsty McDermott Diane Fryar Michelle Scutt	3: 35.76
6th	New Zealand	Terry Genge Christine Hughes Janine Robson Kim Robertson	3: 40.63
7th	Kenya	Ruth Atuti Alice Adala Rose Tata-Muya Ruth Waithera	3: 40.77

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Debbie Brill	CAN	1.88
2	Christine Stanton	OUT	1.88
3	Barbara Simmonds	CLOSELY	1.83
4th	Brigitte Reid	CAN	1.83
5	Vanessa Browne	OUT	1.83
6th	Diana Elliott	CLOSELY	1.80
7th	Ann-Marie Cording	CLOSELY	1.80
8th	Katrina Gibbs	OUT	1.80

8th October

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	6.91 w
2	Robyn Strong	OUT	6.88 w
3	Beverly Kinch	CLOSELY	6.78 w
4th	Linda Garden	OUT	6.53 w
5	Susan Hearnshaw	CLOSELY	6.50 w
6th	Maria Lambrou	CYP	6.38
7th	Glynis Nunn	OUT	6.38 w
8th	Pam Hendren	NZL	6.33 w

8th October

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Judy Oakes	CLOSELY	17.92
2	Gael Mulhall	OUT	17.68
3	Rose touch	CAN	16.71
4th	Bev Francis	OUT	16.40
5	Angela Littlewood	CLOSELY	15.97
6th	Carmen Ionesco	CAN	15.80
7th	Meg Ritchie	SCO	15.63
8th	Mariette van Heerden	ZIM	14.15

5th October

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Meg Ritchie	SCO	62.98
2	Gael Mulhall	OUT	58.64
3	Lynda Whiteley	CLOSELY	54.78
4th	Carmen Ionesco	CAN	54.52
5	Mariette van Heerden	ZIM	53.42
6th	Venissa Head	WHALE	50.64
7th	Lesley Bryant	CLOSELY	50.22
8th	Janette Picton	CLOSELY	47.80

4th of October

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sue Howland	OUT	64.46
2	Petra Rivers	OUT	62.28
3	Fatima Whitbread	CLOSELY	58.86
4th	Pam Matthews	OUT	55.16
5	Monique Lapres	CAN	52.30
6th	Celine Chartrand	CAN	50.14
7th	Sharon Gibson	CLOSELY	49.56
8th	Mereoni Vibose	FIJ	47.30

October 7th

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Glynis Nunn	OUT	6282
2	Judy Livermore	CLOSELY	6214
3	Jill Ross-Giffen	CAN	5981
4th	Kathy Warren	CLOSELY	5692
5	Terry Genge	NZL	5679
6th	Julie White	CAN	5575
7th	Jocelyn Millar-Cubit	OUT	5505
8th	Connie Polman-Tuin	CAN	5333

4th of October

Web links

• Results on the Commonwealth Games Federation website
• XII Commonwealth Game, Brisbane 1982 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• XII Commonwealth Games on TOPS in athletics