title: Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres
text: # 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 |
  