page_title: 1982 Commonwealth Games
section_title: Participating teams
hierarchical_section_title: 1982 Commonwealth Games / Participating teams
context_page_description: The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium, in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the venue which was used for the athletics and archery competitions during the Games. Other events were held at the purpose-built Sleeman Sports Complex in Chandler.
  The Chairman of the 1982 Commonwealth Games was Sir Edward Williams.
  The 1982 Commonwealth Games Logo was designed by Paulo Ferreira, who was the winner of a nationwide competition held in 1978. The symbol is derived from the form of a bounding kangaroo. The three bands, forming stylized A's, are in colours which are common to flags of many Commonwealth countries.
  Matilda the kangaroo mascot for the 1982 Commonwealth Games was represented by a cartoon kangaroo, and a gigantic 13-metre high mechanical "winking" kangaroo, who travelled around the stadium and winked at the crowd.
  The games were officially opened by The Duke of Edinburgh and closed by The Queen.
context_section_description: 46 Commonwealth nations and territories took part in the 1982 Commonwealth Games. A total of 1,583 athletes and 571 officials participated in the event. The Griffith University student dormitories in Gold Coast was used as an athletes village.
caption: Countries and places which competed at the 1982 games
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