Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metres

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.

Men's 1500 metres at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Steve Cram England	John Walker New Zealand	Mike Boit Kenya

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	England	3:44.39	Q
2	1	Michael Hillardt	Australia	3:44.44	Q
3	3	Graham Williamson	Scotland	3:45.32	Q
4	1	Wilson Waigwa	Kenya	3:45.62	Q
5	1	Tony Rogers	New Zealand	3:45.70	q
6	3	Mike Boit	Kenya	3:45.93	Q
7	3	Michael Gilchrist	New Zealand	3:46.08	Q
8	3	Paul Grinsted	Australia	3:46.35
9	3	Ian Stewart	England	3:46.74
10	2	John Walker	New Zealand	3:47.26	Q
11	1	Spyros Spyrou	Cyprus	3:47.37
12	2	Pat Scammell	Australia	3:47.54	Q
13	2	Colin Reitz	England	3:47.62	Q
14	2	John Robson	Scotland	3:47.89
15	1	Tap Jonga	Zimbabwe	3:48.73
16	3	Richard Kermode	Fiji	3:48.91
17	1	Maxwell Carver	Mauritius	3:51.33
18	2	Archfel Musango	Zambia	3:53.13
19	1	Yeung Sai Mo	Hong Kong	4:04.64
20	3	Charlie Oliver	Solomon Islands	4:07.59
21	2	Ilimotama Daku	Fiji	4:08.76
22	3	Jolly Kapere	Malawi	4:12.09
23	1	Bineshwar Prasad	Fiji	4:15.40
24	3	Brian Yon	Saint Helena	4:24.05
	2	John Chappory	Gibraltar	DNS
	2	Roger Hackney	Wales	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Steve Cram	England	3:42.37
	John Walker	New Zealand	3:43.11
	Mike Boit	Kenya	3:43.33
4	Graham Williamson	Scotland	3:43.84
5	Michael Hillardt	Australia	3:44.03
6	Colin Reitz	England	3:44.35
7	Michael Gilchrist	New Zealand	3:44.50
8	Tony Rogers	New Zealand	3:45.11
9	Wilson Waigwa	Kenya	3:46.18
10	Pat Scammell	Australia	3:46.62

References

• 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