The men's 1500 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeSteve CramJohn WalkerMike Boit

Results Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Steve Cram 3:44.39 Q 2 1 Michael Hillardt 3:44.44 Q 3 3 Graham Williamson 3:45.32 Q 4 1 Wilson Waigwa 3:45.62 Q 5 1 Tony Rogers 3:45.70 q 6 3 Mike Boit 3:45.93 Q 7 3 Michael Gilchrist 3:46.08 Q 8 3 Paul Grinsted 3:46.35 9 3 Ian Stewart 3:46.74 10 2 John Walker 3:47.26 Q 11 1 Spyros Spyrou 3:47.37 12 2 Pat Scammell 3:47.54 Q 13 2 Colin Reitz 3:47.62 Q 14 2 John Robson 3:47.89 15 1 Tap Jonga 3:48.73 16 3 Richard Kermode 3:48.91 17 1 Maxwell Carver 3:51.33 18 2 Archfel Musango 3:53.13 19 1 Yeung Sai Mo 4:04.64 20 3 Charlie Oliver 4:07.59 21 2 Ilimotama Daku 4:08.76 22 3 Jolly Kapere 4:12.09 23 1 Bineshwar Prasad 4:15.40 24 3 Brian Yon 4:24.05 2 John Chappory 2 Roger Hackney

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Steve Cram 3:42.37 John Walker 3:43.11 Mike Boit 3:43.33 Graham Williamson 3:43.84 Michael Hillardt 3:44.03 Colin Reitz 3:44.35 Michael Gilchrist 3:44.50 Tony Rogers 3:45.11 Wilson Waigwa 3:46.18 10 Pat Scammell 3:46.62

References

Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald) Heats results (The Canberra Times) Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results