# Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

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 |
| | 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 |