Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Commonwealth Games

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nigeria Lawrence Adegbehingbe Iziaq Adeyanju Samson Oyeledun Ikpoto Eseme	Canada Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams Mark McKoy	Scotland Gus McCuaig Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Drew McMaster

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	Canada	Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Mark McKoy	39.88	Q
2	2	Nigeria	Lawrence Adegbehingbe, Iziaq Adeyanju, Ikpoto Eseme, Samson Oyeledun	39.89	Q
3	2	Australia	Paul Narracott, Gerrard Keating, Bruce Frayne, Peter Gandy	39.92	Q
4	1	Scotland	Gus McCuaig, Allan Wells, Cameron Sharp, Drew McMaster	40.12	Q
5	1	England	Harry King, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Jim Evans	40.32	Q
6	1	Ghana	Ernest Obeng, William Hammond, Samuel Aidoo, Awudu Nuhu	40.75	Q
7	2	Kenya	Alfred Nyambani, Peter Wekesa, John Anzrah, James Maina Boi	41.04	Q
8	2	Western Samoa	William Fong, Sioeli Saufoi, Rolagi Faa Mausili, Joseph Leota	42.10	q
9	1	Zimbabwe	Charles Gumbura, Gian Poggioli, Zenas Marambakuyama, Christopher Madzokere	42.19	Q
10	1	Gambia	Bamba Njie, Omar Fye, Banana Jarju, Ismaila Othman	43.30

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	1	Nigeria	Lawrence Adegbehingbe, Iziaq Adeyanju, Samson Oyeledun, Ikpoto Eseme	39.15
	8	Canada	Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Mark McKoy	39.30
	9	Scotland	Gus McCuaig, Allan Wells, Cameron Sharp, Drew McMaster	39.33
4	3	Australia	Paul Narracott, Gerrard Keating, Bruce Frayne, Peter Gandy	39.39
5	2	England	Harry King, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Jim Evans	39.67
6	4	Ghana	Ernest Obeng, William Hammond, Samuel Aidoo, Awudu Nuhu	40.52
7	5	Kenya	Alfred Nyambani, Peter Wekesa, John Anzrah, James Maina Boi	40.94
8	6	Zimbabwe	Charles Gumbura, Gian Poggioli, Zenas Marambakuyama, Christopher Madzokere	41.75
9	7	Western Samoa	William Fong, Sioeli Saufoi, Rolagi Faa Mausili, Joseph Leota	41.91	NR

References

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