The lawn bowls competition at the 1982 Commonwealth Games took place in Brisbane, Australia from 30 September until 9 October 1982 at the Moorooka Bowls Club.

[1] Willie Wood won the singles and Scotland doubled up in the pairs.

Australia won the fours and Zimbabwe won the women's triples.

[2] *   Host nation (Australia)[3] Scotland won the Singles and Pairs with Australia winning the Fours.

The debut of women's competition was with a Triples tournament.