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

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

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