The men's 100 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia on 3-4 October 1982.
The winning margin was 0.03 seconds, matching the winning margins from Cardiff in 1958 and Kingston in 1966. As of 2024, these finals are the closest men's 100 metres finals at these games.
Results Heats Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +1.9 m/s Heat 2: -1.3 m/s Heat 3: -1.6 m/s Heat 4: 0.0 m/s Heat 5: 0.0 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Desai Williams 10.30 2 5 Ernest Obeng 10.43 3 5 Ben Johnson 10.45 4 3 Allan Wells 10.49 5 1 Hasely Crawford 10.50 6 1 Cameron Sharp 10.54 7 1 Iziaq Adeyanju 10.55 8 2 Tony Sharpe 10.57 8 4 Ikpoto Eseme 10.57 10 3 Paul Narracott 10.58 11 1 Christopher Madzokere 10.59 11 4 Don Quarrie 10.59 13 2 Drew McMaster 10.62 13 2 Gerrard Keating 10.62 13 4 Mike McFarlane 10.62 16 3 Samson Oyeledun 10.64 17 1 Omar Fye 10.67 18 3 Harry King 10.69 18 5 Jim Evans 10.69 20 2 Christopher Brathwaite 10.71 20 5 Peter Gandy 10.71 22 1 Peni Bati 10.75 23 1 Joseph Leota 10.85 24 4 Banana Jarju 10.88 25 2 Peter Wekesa 10.89 26 4 David Lukuba 10.92 27 4 Inoke Bainimoli 10.98 28 5 Samuel Aidoo 11.03 29 4 Clifford Sibusiso Mamba 11.05 29 4 Sioeli Saufoi 11.05 31 3 Alfred Nyambani 11.07 32 3 Charles Gumbura 11.10 33 2 Lee Tze Fai 11.13 34 5 Odiya Silweya 11.14 35 3 Stalin Issah 11.17 35 5 Charles Kachenjala 11.17 37 5 Georges Taniel 11.19 38 2 Zenas Marambakuyama 11.28 39 2 Leslie Lazarus 11.38 40 3 Jim Marau 11.39 41 3 David McCutcheon 11.40 42 4 Joseph Njewa 11.42 43 2 Gilles Brelu-Brelu 11.50 44 5 Joseph Keil 11.78
Quarterfinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +2.6 m/s Heat 2: 0.0 m/s Heat 3: +3.5 m/s Heat 4: +2.6 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Allan Wells 10.22 2 3 Desai Williams 10.25 3 4 Tony Sharpe 10.26 4 1 Ernest Obeng 10.27 5 1 Christopher Brathwaite 10.30 6 2 Ben Johnson 10.31 7 3 Drew McMaster 10.32 8 2 Cameron Sharp 10.36 8 3 Jim Evans 10.36 10 2 Paul Narracott 10.37 11 1 Gerrard Keating 10.38 12 4 Hasely Crawford 10.41 13 4 Mike McFarlane 10.45 14 2 Harry King 10.47 15 1 Samson Oyeledun 10.48 16 3 Iziaq Adeyanju 10.51 17 3 Don Quarrie 10.51 18 4 Peter Gandy 10.55 19 2 Ikpoto Eseme 10.56 20 3 David Lukuba 10.67 21 4 Christopher Madzokere 10.69 22 1 Omar Fye 10.70 23 3 Peter Wekesa 10.71 24 1 Charles Gumbura 10.72 25 4 Peni Bati 10.79 26 3 Samuel Aidoo 10.81 27 4 Alfred Nyambani 10.82 28 1 Clifford Sibusiso Mamba 10.87 29 3 Odiya Silweya 10.96 30 2 Sioeli Saufoi 10.97 31 1 Inoke Bainimoli 10.99 31 2 Banana Jarju 10.99 31 4 Lee Tze Fai 10.99 34 4 Joseph Leota 11.02 35 2 Charles Kachenjala 11.37 2 Stalin Issah
Semifinals Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
Wind:Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Allan Wells 10.20 2 2 Cameron Sharp 10.26 3 1 Ben Johnson 10.30 4 1 Paul Narracott 10.31 4 2 Desai Williams 10.31 6 2 Gerrard Keating 10.33 7 1 Tony Sharpe 10.37 7 2 Mike McFarlane 10.37 7 2 Drew McMaster 10.37 10 2 Ernest Obeng 10.38 11 2 Hasely Crawford 10.40 12 1 Christopher Brathwaite 10.43 12 2 Don Quarrie 10.43 14 1 Jim Evans 10.47 15 1 Harry King 10.49 16 1 Samson Oyeledun 10.54 17 2 Iziaq Adeyanju 10.57 18 1 Peter Gandy 10.73
Final Wind: +5.9 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 8 Allan Wells 10.02 7 Ben Johnson 10.05 2 Cameron Sharp 10.07 4 6 Paul Narracott 10.09 5 1 Mike McFarlane 10.11 6 4 Tony Sharpe 10.11 7 9 Drew McMaster 10.16 8 5 Desai Williams 10.17 9 3 Gerrard Keating 10.18
References
Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Sydney Morning Herald) Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times) Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results