Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon
# Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon

The men's marathon event was held on 8 October 1982. It started and finished at South Bank, next to the Brisbane River in Stanley Street.Brisbane, Australia.

Two of the Tanzanians, Juma Ikangaa and reigning champion Gidamis Shahanga, opened up a large lead (58 seconds at the 30 km mark), but Rob de Castella closed the gap in the final kilometres to win.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Robert de Castella | Australia | 2:09:18 |
| | Juma Ikangaa | Tanzania | 2:09:30 |
| | Mike Gratton | England | 2:12:06 |
| 4 | John Graham | Scotland | 2:13:04 |
| 5 | Kevin Ryan | New Zealand | 2:13:42 |
| 6 | Gidamis Shahanga | Tanzania | 2:14:25 |
| 7 | Graham Laing | Scotland | 2:14:54 |
| 8 | Ian Ray | England | 2:15:11 |
| 9 | Mike Dyon | Canada | 2:15:22 |
| 10 | Robert Wallace | Australia | 2:15:24 |
| 11 | Raymond Smedley | England | 2:15:50 |
| 12 | Samuel Hlawe | Swaziland | 2:16:32 |
| 13 | Dennis Fowles | Wales | 2:16:49 |
| 14 | Greg Hannon | Northern Ireland | 2:17:32 |
| 15 | Peter Butler | Canada | 2:18:17 |
| 16 | Sipho Gamedze | Swaziland | 2:18:44 |
| 17 | Emmanuel Ndiemandoi | Tanzania | 2:19:16 |
| 18 | Marios Kassianidis | Cyprus | 2:19:51 |
| 19 | Sammy Mogere | Kenya | 2:21:44 |
| 20 | Wilson Theleso | Botswana | 2:23:10 |
| 21 | Esau Zwane | Swaziland | 2:26:38 |
| 22 | Motsemme Kgaotsang | Botswana | 2:27:39 |
| 23 | Musaope Phiri | Zimbabwe | 2:28:27 |
| 24 | James Maweu | Kenya | 2:29:15 |
| 25 | Esau Magwaza | Zimbabwe | 2:30:34 |
| 26 | Matthews Kambale | Malawi | 2:33:34 |
| 27 | Mackay Talasasa | Solomon Islands | 2:36:16 |
| 28 | Abel Manumanua | Papua New Guinea | 2:42:07 |
| 29 | Nicholas Akers | Cayman Islands | 3:02:33 |
| | Lawrence Whitty | Australia | DNF |
| | Shiri Chand | Fiji | DNF |
| | Wayne Madden | Fiji | DNF |
| | Gary Palmer | New Zealand | DNF |
| | Donald Greig | New Zealand | DNF |
| | Tau Tokwepota | Papua New Guinea | DNF |
| | David Bonn | Cayman Islands | DNS |
| | Bineshwar Prasad | Fiji | DNS |
| | Nada Meta | Tanzania | DNS |
| | Steve Jones | Wales | DNS |
