The 1982 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 12th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.^[1] The event was held on 19 September 1982 at the Korskro Motor Center in Esbjerg in Denmark.^[2]

The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the second time.^[3][4]

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Total Pts
1	Karl Maier	4	5	5	5	5	24
2	Alois Wiesböck	5	5	5	4	3	22
3	Egon Müller	3	4	5	5	4	21
4	Georg Gilgenreiner	1	5	4	3	2	15
5	Peter Collins	5	3	4	3	0	15
6	Ivan Mauger	5	1	3	4	1	14
7	Ole Olsen	3	4	2	2	E	11
8	Anders Michanek	2	2	3	2	E	9
9	Hans Nielsen	0	3	4	1	E	8
10	Christoph Betzl	1	2	3	1	E	7
11	Georg Hack	2	3	2	0	E	7
12	Marcel Gerhard	1	4	1	0	E	6
13	Simon Wigg	4	1	ef	E	E	5
14	Chris Morton	0	2	2	E	E	4
15	Josef Aigner	2	1	1	E	E	4
16	Bobby Schwartz	4	0	f/x	E	E	4
17	Jiří Štancl	3	0	1	E	E	4
18	Phil Collins	0	0	ef	E	E	0

• E = eliminated (no further ride)
• f = fell
• ef = engine failure
• x = excluded