Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres
# Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Gidamis Shahanga | Tanzania | 28:10.20 |
| | Zacharia Barie | Tanzania | 28:10.60 |
| | Julian Goater | England | 28:16.20 |
| 4 | Charlie Spedding | England | 28:25.00 |
| 5 | Allister Hutton | Scotland | 28:28.70 |
| 6 | Dennis Fowles | Wales | 28:33.90 |
| 7 | Zephaniah Ncube | Zimbabwe | 28:38.85 |
| 8 | Lawrence Whitty | Australia | 28:43.93 |
| 9 | Mike McLeod | England | 28:46.97 |
| 10 | Marios Kassianidis | Cyprus | 28:57.94 |
| 11 | Steve Jones | Wales | 29:13.68 |
| 12 | Peter Butler | Canada | 29:16.89 |
| 13 | Esau Zwane | Swaziland | 30:02.74 |
| 14 | Nada Meta | Swaziland | 30:03.84 |
| 15 | Peter Koech | Kenya | 30:06.00 |
| 16 | Erastus Kimei | Kenya | 30:36.00 |
| 17 | Nicholas Akers | Cayman Islands | 35:21.79 |
| 18 | David Bonn | Cayman Islands | 41:21.49 |
| | Shiri Chand | Fiji | DNF |
| | Tau Tokwepota | Papua New Guinea | DNF |
| | Abel Manumanua | Papua New Guinea | DNF |
| | Mackay Talasasa | Solomon Islands | DNF |
| | John Andrews | Australia | DNS |
