Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 7 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Garry Brown Australia | Peter Rwamuhanda Uganda | Greg Rolle Bahamas |

## Results

### Heats

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Garry Brown | Australia | 50.06 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Mike Whittingham | England | 51.02 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Karl Smith | Jamaica | 51.26 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Stanley Devine | Scotland | 51.34 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Peter Rwamuhanda | Uganda | 51.71 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Greg Rolle | Bahamas | 51.91 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Lloyd Guss | Canada | 51.95 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Eric Spence | Canada | 52.01 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Gary Oakes | England | 52.05 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Phil Beattie | Northern Ireland | 52.15 | |
| 11 | 1 | Meshak Munyoro | Kenya | 52.22 | |
| 12 | 2 | Wilbert Greaves | England | 52.81 | |
| 13 | 2 | Paiwa Bogela | Papua New Guinea | 53.93 | |
| 14 | 1 | David McCutcheon | Isle of Man | 54.46 | |
| 15 | 2 | Ian Newhouse | Canada | 54.81 | |
| 16 | 1 | Joseph Rodan | Fiji | 55.09 | |
| 17 | 1 | Lau Chi Keung | Hong Kong | 56.17 | |
| 18 | 2 | William Pakoa | Vanuatu | 1:00.06 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 8 | Garry Brown | Australia | 49.37 |
| | 2 | Peter Rwamuhanda | Uganda | 49.95 |
| | 7 | Greg Rolle | Bahamas | 50.50 |
| 4 | 1 | Mike Whittingham | England | 51.04 |
| 5 | 6 | Lloyd Guss | Canada | 51.23 |
| 6 | 5 | Stanley Devine | Scotland | 51.68 |
| 7 | 3 | Eric Spence | Canada | 51.84 |
| 8 | 9 | Gary Oakes | England | 51.96 |
| 9 | 4 | Karl Smith | Jamaica | 53.52 |
