At the 1982 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events took place at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia from 3–9 October 1982. A total of 39 events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women athletes.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +5.9 m/s) details	Allan Wells (SCO)	10.02	Ben Johnson (CAN)	10.05	Cameron Sharp (SCO)	10.07
200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) details	Mike McFarlane (ENG)  Allan Wells (SCO)	20.43	Not awarded		Cameron Sharp (SCO)	20.55
400 metres details	Bert Cameron (JAM)	45.89	Rick Mitchell (AUS)	46.61	Gary Minihan (AUS)	46.68
800 metres details	Peter Bourke (AUS)	1:45.18	James Maina Boi (KEN)	1:45.45	Chris McGeorge (ENG)	1:45.60
1500 metres details	Steve Cram (ENG)	3:42.37	John Walker (NZL)	3:43:11	Mike Boit (KEN)	3:43.33
5000 metres details	Dave Moorcroft (ENG)	13:33.00	Nick Rose (ENG)	13:35.97	Peter Koech (KEN)	13:36.95
10,000 metres details	Gidamis Shahanga (TAN)	28:10.15	Zakariah Barie (TAN)	28:10:55	Julian Goater (ENG)	28:16.11
Marathon details	Rob de Castella (AUS)	2:09:18	Juma Ikangaa (TAN)	2:09:30	Mike Gratton (ENG)	2:12:06
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.9 m/s) details	Mark McKoy (CAN)	13.37 GR	Mark Holtom (ENG)	13.43	Don Wright (AUS)	13.58
400 metres hurdles details	Garry Brown (AUS)	49.37	Peter Rwamuhanda (UGA)	49.95	Greg Rolle (BAH)	50.50
3000 metres steeplechase details	Julius Korir (KEN)	8:23.94	Graeme Fell (ENG)	8:26.64	Greg Duhaime (CAN)	8:29:14
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Lawrence Adegbehingbe Iziaq Adeyanju Samson Oyeledun Ikpoto Eseme	39.15	Canada Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams Mark McKoy	39.30	Scotland Gus McCuaig Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Drew McMaster	39.33
4 × 400 metres relay details	England Steve Scutt Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown	3:05.45	Australia Gary Minihan John Fleming Greg Parker Rick Mitchell	3:05.82	Kenya Elisha Bitok Juma Ndiwa John Anzrah James Maina Boi	3:06:33
30 kilometres walk details	Steve Barry (WAL)	2:10:16	Marcel Jobin (CAN)	2:12:24	Guillaume Leblanc (CAN)	2:14:56
High jump details	Milton Ottey (CAN)	2.31 m GR	Steve Wray (BAH)	2.31 m GR	Clarence Saunders (BER)	2.19 m
Pole vault details	Ray Boyd (AUS)	5.20 m GR	Jeff Gutteridge (ENG)	5.20 m GR	Graham Eggleton (SCO)	5.20 m GR
Long jump details	Gary Honey (AUS)	8.13 m GR	Steve Hanna (BAH)	7.79 m	Steve Walsh (NZL)	7.75 m
Triple jump details	Keith Connor (ENG)	17.81 m (w)	Ken Lorraway (AUS)	17.54 m (w)	Aston Moore (ENG)	16.76 m
Shot put details	Bruno Pauletto (CAN)	19.55 m	Mike Winch (ENG)	19.36 m	Luby Chambul (CAN)	17.46 m
Discus throw details	Bradley Cooper (BAH)	64.04 m GR	Rob Gray (CAN)	60.66 m	Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN)	60.34 m
Hammer throw details	Robert Weir (ENG)	75.08 m GR	Martin Girvan (NIR)	73.62 m	Chris Black (SCO)	69.84 m
Javelin throw details	Mike O'Rourke (NZL)	89.48 m GR	Laslo Babits (CAN)	84.88 m	Zakayo Malekwa (TAN)	80.22 m
Decathlon details	Daley Thompson (ENG)	8410 pts	Dave Steen (CAN)	8004 pts	Fidelis Obikwu (ENG)	7726 pts

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.4 m/s) details	Angella Taylor (CAN)	11.00 GR	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	11.03	Coleen Pekin (AUS)	11.24
200 metres (wind: +2.5 m/s) details	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.19 (w)	Kathy Smallwood (ENG)	22.21 (w)	Angella Taylor (CAN)	22.48 (w)
400 metres details	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	51.26	Michelle Scutt (WAL)	51.97	Joslyn Hoyte-Smith (ENG)	52.53
800 metres details	Kirsty McDermott (WAL)	2:01.31	Anne Clarkson (SCO)	2:01:52	Heather Barralet (AUS)	2:01:70
1500 metres details	Christina Boxer (ENG)	4:08.28	Gillian Dainty (ENG)	4:10.80	Lorraine Moller (NZL)	4:12:67
3000 metres details	Anne Audain (NZL)	8:45:53 GR	Wendy Smith (ENG)	8:48:47	Lorraine Moller (NZL)	8:55:76
100 metres hurdles (wind: +4.5 m/s) details	Shirley Strong (ENG)	12.78	Lorna Boothe (ENG)	12.90	Sue Kameli (CAN)	13.10
400 metres hurdles details	Debbie Flintoff (AUS)	55.89 GR	Ruth Kyalisima (UGA)	57.10	Yvette Wray (ENG)	57.17
4 × 100 metres relay details	England Wendy Hoyte Kathy Smallwood Beverley Callender Sonia Lannaman	43.15 GR	Canada Angela Bailey Marita Payne Angella Taylor Molly Killingbeck	43.66	Jamaica Lelieth Hodges Merlene Ottey Cathy Rattray Grace Jackson	43.69
4 × 400 metres relay details	Canada Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Angella Taylor	3:27.70	Australia Leann Evans Denise Boyd Debbie Flintoff Raelene Boyle	3:27.72	Scotland Sandra Whittaker Anne Clarkson Angela Bridgeman Linsey MacDonald	3:32.92
High jump details	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.88 m	Christine Stanton (AUS)	1.88 m	Barbara Simmonds (ENG)	1.83 m
Long jump details	Shonel Ferguson (BAH)	6.91 m (w)	Robyn Strong (AUS)	6.88 m (w)	Beverly Kinch (ENG)	6.78 m
Shot put details	Judy Oakes (ENG)	17.92 m GR	Gael Mulhall (AUS)	17.68 m	Rose Hauch (CAN)	16.71 m
Discus throw details	Meg Ritchie (SCO)	62.98 m GR	Gael Mulhall (AUS)	58.64 m	Lynda Whiteley (ENG)	54.78 m
Javelin throw details	Sue Howland (AUS)	64.46 m GR	Petra Rivers (AUS)	62.28 m	Fatima Whitbread (ENG)	58.86 m
Heptathlon details	Glynis Nunn (AUS)	6282 pts	Judy Livermore (ENG)	6214 pts	Jill Ross-Giffen (CAN)	5981 pts

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	11	10	11	32
2	Australia (AUS)*	9	9	4	22
3	Canada (CAN)	6	7	8	21
4	Scotland (SCO)	3	1	6	10
5	Bahamas (BAH)	2	2	1	5
6	New Zealand (NZL)	2	1	3	6
7	Jamaica (JAM)	2	1	1	4
8	Wales (WAL)	2	1	0	3
9	Tanzania (TAN)	1	2	1	4
10	Kenya (KEN)	1	1	3	5
11	Nigeria (NGR)	1	0	0	1
12	Uganda (UGA)	0	2	0	2
13	Northern Ireland (NIR)	0	1	0	1
14	Bermuda (BER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		40	38	39	117

• 1982 in athletics (track and field)

• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men GBR Athletics; Retrieved on 21 July 2010
• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women GBR Athletics; Retrieved on 21 July 2010