| Dates | 1 May – 10 October 1982 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 19 | ||
| Champions |  St. Finbarr's (22nd title)John Blake (captain) Con Roche (manager) | ||
| Runners-up |  BlackrockPat Moylan (captain) John Horgan (manager) | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 21 | ||
| Goals scored | 80 (3.81 per match) | ||
| Points scored | 460 (21.9 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) |  John Fenton (2-24) | ||
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The 1982 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 94th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 31 January 1982. The championship began on 1 May 1982 and ended on 10 October 1982.
St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the defending champions.[1]
The final was played on 10 October 1982 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between St. Finbarr's and Blackrock, in what was their first meeting in the final in three years. St. Finbarr's won the match by 2–17 to 3–09 to claim their 22nd championship title overall and a third successive title.[2][3]
Midleton's John Fenton was the championship's top scorer with 2-24.
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- ^ "Senior Hurling Finals 1970 - Present". Cork GAA Finals website. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Imokilly are a win away from the first club hurling three in a row since 1982". Echo Live. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2022.