At the 1982 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events took place at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia from 3–9 October 1982. A total of 39 events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women athletes.

Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

Participation

• 🇦🇺 (70) • (6) • (5) • (1) • (6) • 🇨🇦 (57) • (2) • 🇨🇾 (7) • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (82) • (11) • (8) • 🇬🇭 (12) • 🇬🇮 (1) • 🇬🇬 Guernsey (1) • 🇬🇾 (2) • 🇭🇰 Hong Kong (4) • 🇮🇳 (3) • (5) • 🇯🇲 (8) • 🇰🇪 (42) • (5) • (5) • 🇳🇿 (33) • (12) • (6) • 🇵🇬 (6) • Saint Helena (1) • (27) • (5) • 🇸🇿 Swaziland (3) • (7) • 🇹🇴 (1) • (7) • 🇺🇬 (6) • (4) • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (21) • Western Samoa (6) • (9) • (19)