Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Peter Bourke	Australia	1:50.82	Q
2	1	James Maina Boi	Kenya	1:51.02	Q
3	3	Paul Forbes	Scotland	1:51.64	Q
4	3	Spyros Spyrou	Cyprus	1:51.90	Q
5	1	Philip Norgate	Wales	1:52.02	Q
6	3	Juma Ndiwa	Kenya	1:52.17	Q
7	3	Garry Cook	England	1:52.34	Q
8	1	Temba Mpofu	Botswana	1:52.38	Q
9	3	Tap Jonga	Zimbabwe	1:52.41	Q
10	1	Sean O'Neill	Northern Ireland	1:52.64	Q
11	1	Charlie Oliver	Solomon Islands	1:52.64	q
12	1	Glen Taute	Zimbabwe	1:52.74	q
13	3	Maxwell Carver	Mauritius	1:52.87	q
14	3	Richard Kermode	Fiji	1:52.91
15	1	Gordon Hinds	Barbados	1:53.96
16	2	Brett Crew	Australia	1:54.28	Q
17	2	Chris McGeorge	England	1:54.57	Q
18	2	Olsen Barr	Guyana	1:54.63	Q
19	2	John Walker	New Zealand	1:54.67	Q
20	2	Sammy Koskei	Kenya	1:54.85	Q
21	2	Joseph Ramotshabi	Botswana	1:55.13
22	2	Archfel Musango	Zambia	1:55.46
23	2	John Chappory	Gibraltar	1:55.65
24	2	Ilimotama Daku	Fiji	1:55.70
25	3	Yeung Sai Mo	Hong Kong	1:56.69
26	1	Jolly Kapere	Malawi	1:58.09
26	3	Aaron Hitu	Solomon Islands	1:58.09

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Peter Bourke	Australia	1:50.56	Q
2	2	Sammy Koskei	Kenya	1:50.71	Q
3	2	Chris McGeorge	England	1:50.72	Q
4	1	Paul Forbes	Scotland	1:50.87	Q
5	1	James Maina Boi	Kenya	1:50.88	Q
6	2	Juma Ndiwa	Kenya	1:50.91	Q
7	2	Spyros Spyrou	Cyprus	1:50.96	q
8	1	Brett Crew	Australia	1:51.16	Q
9	1	John Walker	New Zealand	1:51.68	Q
10	1	Olsen Barr	Guyana	1:52.49
11	2	Tap Jonga	Zimbabwe	1:53.22
12	2	Maxwell Carver	Mauritius	1:53.37
13	2	Temba Mpofu	Botswana	1:53.80
14	1	Charlie Oliver	Solomon Islands	1:56.50
15	1	Sean O'Neill	Northern Ireland	1:57.16
16	1	Glen Taute	Zimbabwe	1:58.86
	1	Garry Cook	England	DNF
	2	Philip Norgate	Wales	DNF