Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Venue	QE II Stadium
Dates	3-4 October
Competitors	44 from 22 nations
Winning time	10.02
Medalists
Allan Wells    Scotland   Ben Johnson    Canada   Cameron Sharp    Scotland

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	Canada	10.30	Q
2	5	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.43	Q
3	5	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.45	Q
4	3	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.49	Q
5	1	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.50	Q
6	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.54	Q
7	1	Iziaq Adeyanju	Nigeria	10.55	Q
8	2	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.57	Q
8	4	Ikpoto Eseme	Nigeria	10.57	Q
10	3	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.58	Q
11	1	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	10.59	Q
11	4	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.59	Q
13	2	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.62	Q
13	2	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.62	Q
13	4	Mike McFarlane	England	10.62	Q
16	3	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	10.64	Q
17	1	Omar Fye	Gambia	10.67	Q
18	3	Harry King	England	10.69	Q
18	5	Jim Evans	England	10.69	Q
20	2	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.71	Q
20	5	Peter Gandy	Australia	10.71	Q
22	1	Peni Bati	Fiji	10.75	Q
23	1	Joseph Leota	Western Samoa	10.85	q
24	4	Banana Jarju	Gambia	10.88	Q
25	2	Peter Wekesa	Kenya	10.89	Q
26	4	David Lukuba	Tanzania	10.92	Q
27	4	Inoke Bainimoli	Fiji	10.98	Q
28	5	Samuel Aidoo	Ghana	11.03	Q
29	4	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	11.05	q
29	4	Sioeli Saufoi	Western Samoa	11.05	q
31	3	Alfred Nyambani	Kenya	11.07	Q
32	3	Charles Gumbura	Zimbabwe	11.10	Q
33	2	Lee Tze Fai	Hong Kong	11.13	Q
34	5	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	11.14	Q
35	3	Stalin Issah	Ghana	11.17	q
35	5	Charles Kachenjala	Zambia	11.17	q
37	5	Georges Taniel	Vanuatu	11.19
38	2	Zenas Marambakuyama	Zimbabwe	11.28
39	2	Leslie Lazarus	Solomon Islands	11.38
40	3	Jim Marau	Solomon Islands	11.39
41	3	David McCutcheon	Isle of Man	11.40
42	4	Joseph Njewa	Malawi	11.42
43	2	Gilles Brelu-Brelu	Mauritius	11.50
44	5	Joseph Keil	Western Samoa	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	Scotland	10.22	Q
2	3	Desai Williams	Canada	10.25	Q
3	4	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.26	Q
4	1	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.27	Q
5	1	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.30	Q
6	2	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.31	Q
7	3	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.32	Q
8	2	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.36	Q
8	3	Jim Evans	England	10.36	Q
10	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.37	Q
11	1	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.38	Q
12	4	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.41	Q
13	4	Mike McFarlane	England	10.45	Q
14	2	Harry King	England	10.47	Q
15	1	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	10.48	q
16	3	Iziaq Adeyanju	Nigeria	10.51	Q
17	3	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.51	q
18	4	Peter Gandy	Australia	10.55	Q
19	2	Ikpoto Eseme	Nigeria	10.56
20	3	David Lukuba	Tanzania	10.67
21	4	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	10.69
22	1	Omar Fye	Gambia	10.70
23	3	Peter Wekesa	Kenya	10.71
24	1	Charles Gumbura	Zimbabwe	10.72
25	4	Peni Bati	Fiji	10.79
26	3	Samuel Aidoo	Ghana	10.81
27	4	Alfred Nyambani	Kenya	10.82
28	1	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	10.87
29	3	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	10.96
30	2	Sioeli Saufoi	Western Samoa	10.97
31	1	Inoke Bainimoli	Fiji	10.99
31	2	Banana Jarju	Gambia	10.99
31	4	Lee Tze Fai	Hong Kong	10.99
34	4	Joseph Leota	Western Samoa	11.02
35	2	Charles Kachenjala	Zambia	11.37
	2	Stalin Issah	Ghana	DNS

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	Scotland	10.20	Q
2	2	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.26	Q
3	1	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.30	Q
4	1	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.31	Q
4	2	Desai Williams	Canada	10.31	Q
6	2	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.33	Q
7	1	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.37	Q
7	2	Mike McFarlane	England	10.37	Q
7	2	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.37	q
10	2	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.38
11	2	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.40
12	1	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.43
12	2	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.43
14	1	Jim Evans	England	10.47
15	1	Harry King	England	10.49
16	1	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	10.54
17	2	Iziaq Adeyanju	Nigeria	10.57
18	1	Peter Gandy	Australia	10.73

Final

Wind: +5.9 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.02
	7	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.05
	2	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.07
4	6	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.09
5	1	Mike McFarlane	England	10.11
6	4	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.11
7	9	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.16
8	5	Desai Williams	Canada	10.17
9	3	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.18

References

• Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results Archived 14 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine