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 GoldSilverBronzePeter BourkeJames Maina BoiChris McGeorge

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 1:50.82 Q 2 1 James Maina Boi 1:51.02 Q 3 3 Paul Forbes 1:51.64 Q 4 3 Spyros Spyrou 1:51.90 Q 5 1 Philip Norgate 1:52.02 Q 6 3 Juma Ndiwa 1:52.17 Q 7 3 Garry Cook 1:52.34 Q 8 1 Temba Mpofu 1:52.38 Q 9 3 Tap Jonga 1:52.41 Q 10 1 Sean O'Neill 1:52.64 Q 11 1 Charlie Oliver 1:52.64 q 12 1 Glen Taute 1:52.74 q 13 3 Maxwell Carver 1:52.87 q 14 3 Richard Kermode 1:52.91 15 1 Gordon Hinds 1:53.96 16 2 Brett Crew 1:54.28 Q 17 2 Chris McGeorge 1:54.57 Q 18 2 Olsen Barr 1:54.63 Q 19 2 John Walker 1:54.67 Q 20 2 Sammy Koskei 1:54.85 Q 21 2 Joseph Ramotshabi 1:55.13 22 2 Archfel Musango 1:55.46 23 2 John Chappory 1:55.65 24 2 Ilimotama Daku 1:55.70 25 3 Yeung Sai Mo 1:56.69 26 1 Jolly Kapere 1:58.09 26 3 Aaron Hitu 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 1:50.56 Q 2 2 Sammy Koskei 1:50.71 Q 3 2 Chris McGeorge 1:50.72 Q 4 1 Paul Forbes 1:50.87 Q 5 1 James Maina Boi 1:50.88 Q 6 2 Juma Ndiwa 1:50.91 Q 7 2 Spyros Spyrou 1:50.96 q 8 1 Brett Crew 1:51.16 Q 9 1 John Walker 1:51.68 Q 10 1 Olsen Barr 1:52.49 11 2 Tap Jonga 1:53.22 12 2 Maxwell Carver 1:53.37 13 2 Temba Mpofu 1:53.80 14 1 Charlie Oliver 1:56.50 15 1 Sean O'Neill 1:57.16 16 1 Glen Taute 1:58.86 1 Garry Cook 2 Philip Norgate

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