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

The men's 400 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 and 4 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bert Cameron  Jamaica	Rick Mitchell  Australia	Gary Minihan  Australia

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	John Anzrah	Kenya	46.80	Q
2	1	Michael Okot	Uganda	46.86	Q
3	5	Davison Lishebo	Zambia	47.44	Q
4	2	John Okoye	Nigeria	47.47	Q
5	1	Tim Bethune	Canada	47.73	Q
6	1	Rick Mitchell	Australia	47.93	Q
7	4	Elisha Bitok	Kenya	47.96	Q
8	2	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	47.98	Q
9	2	Gary Minihan	Australia	48.25	Q
10	5	James Atuti	Kenya	48.26	Q
11	3	Abu Alhassan	Ghana	48.27	Q
12	1	Nikolaos Megalemos	Cyprus	48.34	Q
13	3	Greg Parker	Australia	48.35	Q
14	1	Edward Pappoe	Ghana	48.37	Q
15	3	Phil Brown	England	48.49	Q
16	5	Todd Bennett	England	48.56	Q
17	1	Glen Taute	Zimbabwe	48.63	Q
18	5	Gordon Hinds	Barbados	48.67	Q
19	2	Gerry Hinds	Canada	48.74	Q
20	3	Agripa Mwausegha	Malawi	48.77	Q
21	5	Awudu Nuhu	Ghana	48.92	Q
22	1	David Carter	Barbados	49.05	q
23	3	Njere Shumba	Zimbabwe	49.08	Q
24	2	Lapule Tamean	Papua New Guinea	49.18	Q
25	4	Doug Hinds	Canada	49.20	Q
26	4	Steven Scutt	England	49.32	Q
27	4	Richard Louis	Barbados	49.54	Q
28	5	Joseph Rodan	Fiji	49.71	Q
29	4	Glen de Souza	Zimbabwe	49.85	Q
30	5	Pius Kgannyeng	Botswana	49.86	q
31	4	Paiwa Bogela	Papua New Guinea	49.89	Q
32	3	Charles Lupiya	Zambia	49.93	Q
33	2	John Chappory	Gibraltar	50.07	q
34	4	Dick Kunda	Zambia	50.26	q
35	2	Lau Chi Keung	Hong Kong	50.42	q
36	1	Aaron Hitu	Solomon Islands	50.78	q
37	3	Rolagi Faa Mausili	Western Samoa	52.10
	3	Peter Rwamuhanda	Uganda	DNS
	4	Joseph Ramotshabi	Botswana	DNS

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Michael Okot	Uganda	46.54	Q
2	4	Rick Mitchell	Australia	46.70	Q
3	1	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	46.81	Q
4	2	Todd Bennett	England	46.91	Q
5	2	James Atuti	Kenya	46.97	Q
6	2	Tim Bethune	Canada	47.04	Q
7	4	John Anzrah	Kenya	47.06	Q
8	1	Doug Hinds	Canada	47.10	Q
9	1	Greg Parker	Australia	47.15	Q
10	2	Davison Lishebo	Zambia	47.24	Q
11	3	Gary Minihan	Australia	47.25	Q
12	3	Phil Brown	England	47.26	Q
13	4	Abu Alhassan	Ghana	47.49	Q
14	1	Steven Scutt	England	47.61	Q
15	4	Richard Louis	Barbados	47.81	Q
16	3	Nikolaos Megalemos	Cyprus	47.82	Q
17	2	John Okoye	Nigeria	47.83	q
18	3	Elisha Bitok	Kenya	48.05	q
19	4	Gerry Hinds	Canada	48.31
20	4	Njere Shumba	Zimbabwe	48.37
21	2	Gordon Hinds	Barbados	48.48
22	4	Lapule Tamean	Papua New Guinea	48.52
23	4	Agripa Mwausegha	Malawi	48.58
24	3	Edward Pappoe	Ghana	48.66
25	2	Awudu Nuhu	Ghana	48.72
26	1	David Carter	Barbados	48.89
27	1	Glen de Souza	Zimbabwe	48.98
28	1	Charles Lupiya	Zambia	48.98
29	2	Glen Taute	Zimbabwe	49.22
30	1	Pius Kgannyeng	Botswana	49.27
31	3	Joseph Rodan	Fiji	49.73
32	2	Paiwa Bogela	Papua New Guinea	49.74
33	1	John Chappory	Gibraltar	49.82
34	3	Lau Chi Keung	Hong Kong	50.06
35	4	Aaron Hitu	Solomon Islands	50.30
36	3	Dick Kunda	Zambia	50.38

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	45.78	Q
2	1	Todd Bennett	England	45.89	Q
3	1	Michael Okot	Uganda	46.12	Q
4	1	Greg Parker	Australia	46.22	Q
5	2	Phil Brown	England	46.45	Q
6	1	Tim Bethune	Canada	46.50	q
7	2	Gary Minihan	Australia	46.60	Q
8	2	Rick Mitchell	Australia	46.64	Q
9	2	James Atuti	Kenya	46.68	Q
10	1	Elisha Bitok	Kenya	46.74
11	2	John Anzrah	Kenya	46.82
12	1	Steven Scutt	England	46.91
13	2	Davison Lishebo	Zambia	47.11
14	2	Doug Hinds	Canada	47.30
15	1	Nikolaos Megalemos	Cyprus	47.47
16	1	Abu Alhassan	Ghana	47.82
17	2	John Okoye	Nigeria	47.85
18	2	Richard Louis	Barbados	48.49

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	45.89
	6	Rick Mitchell	Australia	46.61
	2	Gary Minihan	Australia	46.68
4	5	Michael Okot	Uganda	46.81
5	9	Todd Bennett	England	47.06
6	7	Phil Brown	England	47.11
7	4	Tim Bethune	Canada	47.34
8	1	Greg Parker	Australia	47.57
9	8	James Atuti	Kenya	48.01

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