The men's 1500 metres event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 4 and 5 March.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Marcus O'Sullivan Ireland
|
Hauke Fuhlbrügge East Germany
|
Jeff Atkinson United States
|
Results edit
Heats edit
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Hauke Fuhlbrügge | East Germany |
3:42.26 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Eckhardt Rüter |  West Germany |
3:42.65 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Hervé Phélippeau |  France |
3:42.79 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Sergey Afanasyev |  Soviet Union |
3:42.83 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Manuel Pancorbo |  Spain |
3:42.84 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Sydney Maree | United States |
3:42.84 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Radim Kuncický |  Czechoslovakia |
3:43.19 | q |
| 8 | 3 | Feranswa Woldemariam |  Ethiopia |
3:43.35 | q, NR |
| 9 | 3 | Adelino Hidalgo | Spain |
3:43.95 | |
| 10 | 3 | Róbert Banai |  Hungary |
3:43.99 | |
| 11 | 2 | Agberto Guimarães |  Brazil |
3:44.86 | |
| 12 | 2 | László Tóth | Hungary |
3:44.99 | |
| 13 | 3 | Dave Reid |  Canada |
3:45.87 | |
| 14 | 1 | Marcus O'Sullivan | Ireland |
3:47.34 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Jeff Atkinson | United States |
3:47.62 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Mário Silva |  Portugal |
3:47.92 | |
| 17 | 1 | Abdelaziz Sahere |  Morocco |
3:48.14 | |
| 18 | 2 | Hamid Sajjadi |  Iran |
3:48.32 | NR |
| 19 | 1 | Vladimir Kolpakov | Soviet Union |
3:48.33 | |
| 20 | 1 | Mbiganyi Thee |  Botswana |
3:48.85 | |
| 21 | 1 | Doug Consiglio | Canada |
3:50.50 | |
| 22 | 1 | Nikolaos Tsiakoulas |  Greece |
3:52.05 |
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Marcus O'Sullivan | Ireland |
3:36.64 | CR |
 |
Hauke Fuhlbrügge | East Germany |
3:37.80 | NR |
 |
Jeff Atkinson | United States |
3:38.12 | AR |
| 4 | Sydney Maree | United States |
3:38.14 | |
| 5 | Hervé Phélippeau | France |
3:38.76 | |
| 6 | Radim Kuncický | Czechoslovakia |
3:39.97 | |
| 7 | Sergey Afanasyev | Soviet Union |
3:40.46 | |
| 8 | Manuel Pancorbo | Spain |
3:41.61 | |
| 9 | Eckhardt Rüter | West Germany |
3:43.42 | |
| 10 | Feranswa Woldemariam | Ethiopia |
3:44.16 |