Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nigeria Lawrence Adegbehingbe Iziaq Adeyanju Samson Oyeledun Ikpoto Eseme	Canada Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams Mark McKoy	Scotland Gus McCuaig Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Drew McMaster

Qualification: First 4 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	Canada	Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Mark McKoy	39.88	Q
2	2	Nigeria	Lawrence Adegbehingbe, Iziaq Adeyanju, Ikpoto Eseme, Samson Oyeledun	39.89	Q
3	2	Australia	Paul Narracott, Gerrard Keating, Bruce Frayne, Peter Gandy	39.92	Q
4	1	Scotland	Gus McCuaig, Allan Wells, Cameron Sharp, Drew McMaster	40.12	Q
5	1	England	Harry King, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Jim Evans	40.32	Q
6	1	Ghana	Ernest Obeng, William Hammond, Samuel Aidoo, Awudu Nuhu	40.75	Q
7	2	Kenya	Alfred Nyambani, Peter Wekesa, John Anzrah, James Maina Boi	41.04	Q
8	2	Western Samoa	William Fong, Sioeli Saufoi, Rolagi Faa Mausili, Joseph Leota	42.10	q
9	1	Zimbabwe	Charles Gumbura, Gian Poggioli, Zenas Marambakuyama, Christopher Madzokere	42.19	Q
10	1	Gambia	Bamba Njie, Omar Fye, Banana Jarju, Ismaila Othman	43.30	[2]

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

• Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Heats results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results Archived 14 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine