1982 Intercontinental Final

The 1982 Intercontinental Final was the eighth running of the Intercontinental Final as part of the qualification for the 1982 Speedway World Championship. The 1982 Final was run on 23 August at the Vetlanda Speedway in Vetlanda, Sweden, and was the last qualifying stage for riders from Scandinavia, the USA and from the Commonwealth nations for the World Final to be held at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, USA.

English rider Les Collins, the younger brother of 1976 World Champion Peter Collins, in the best year of his career won the Intercontinental Final from countryman Kenny Carter and American Dennis Sigalos who defeated Hans Nielsen in a runoff for third place. Other World Final qualifiers were Kelly Moran, Dave Jessup, Kai Niemi, Jan Andersson, Phil Crump and Peter Collins. Crump and Collins were involved in a four-way runoff for the final two placings and the reserve spot with Andy Grahame and Bo Petersen. Crump won the runoff from Collins and Grahame with Petersen the rider to miss out.