The men's 800 metres event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 3 and 4 March.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzePaul ErengJosé Luíz BarbosaTonino Viali
Results Heats The winner of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Heats results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Paul Ereng 1:47.99 Q 2 3 Rob Druppers 1:48.29 q 3 4 Tonino Viali 1:48.45 Q 4 4 Andrey Sudnik 1:48.54 q 5 4 Ray Brown 1:48.62 q 6 3 Pablo Squella 1:48.77 q 7 4 William Wuyke 1:48.97 q 8 3 Stanley Redwine 1:49.04 q 9 2 Ikem Billy 1:49.49 Q 10 1 José Luíz Barbosa 1:49.55 Q 11 1 Joachim Heydgen 1:49.70 q 12 1 Steve Heard 1:49.71 q 13 2 Feranswa Woldemariam 1:49.74 NR 14 2 Markus Trinkler 1:49.79 15 3 Simon Hoogewerf 1:49.98 16 1 Tomás de Teresa 1:50.19 17 2 Claude Diomar 1:50.20 18 4 Hamid Sajjadi 1:51.21 AR 19 2 Belkanem Lardou 1:51.49 20 3 Luis Migueles 1:51.58 21 2 Boby Gaseisiwe 1:53.72 NR 1 Getahun Ayana
Semifinals First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.Semifinals results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 José Luíz Barbosa 1:46.79 Q, CR 2 2 Paul Ereng 1:47.11 Q, NR 3 2 Ray Brown 1:47.24 Q 4 2 Andrey Sudnik 1:49.01 5 1 Tonino Viali 1:49.06 Q 6 1 Ikem Billy 1:49.28 Q 7 1 Stanley Redwine 1:49.57 Q 8 1 Rob Druppers 1:49.70 9 1 Joachim Heydgen 1:49.71 10 2 Steve Heard 1:50.75 11 2 William Wuyke 1:53.52 1 Pablo Squella
Final Final results Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Paul Ereng 1:44.84 WR, CR José Luíz Barbosa 1:45.55 AR Tonino Viali 1:46.95 PB 4 Stanley Redwine 1:47.54 PB 5 Ray Brown 1:47.93 6 Ikem Billy 1:48.97
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