1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

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

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Paul Ereng Kenya | José Luíz Barbosa Brazil | Tonino Viali Italy |

## Results

### Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Paul Ereng | Kenya | 1:47.99 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:48.29 | q |
| 3 | 4 | Tonino Viali | Italy | 1:48.45 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Andrey Sudnik | Soviet Union | 1:48.54 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Ray Brown | United States | 1:48.62 | q |
| 6 | 3 | Pablo Squella | Chile | 1:48.77 | q |
| 7 | 4 | William Wuyke | Venezuela | 1:48.97 | q |
| 8 | 3 | Stanley Redwine | United States | 1:49.04 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Ikem Billy | Great Britain | 1:49.49 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1:49.55 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Joachim Heydgen | West Germany | 1:49.70 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Steve Heard | Great Britain | 1:49.71 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Feranswa Woldemariam | Ethiopia | 1:49.74 | NR |
| 14 | 2 | Markus Trinkler | Switzerland | 1:49.79 | |
| 15 | 3 | Simon Hoogewerf | Canada | 1:49.98 | |
| 16 | 1 | Tomás de Teresa | Spain | 1:50.19 | |
| 17 | 2 | Claude Diomar | France | 1:50.20 | |
| 18 | 4 | Hamid Sajjadi | Iran | 1:51.21 | AR |
| 19 | 2 | Belkanem Lardou | Morocco | 1:51.49 | |
| 20 | 3 | Luis Migueles | Argentina | 1:51.58 | |
| 21 | 2 | Boby Gaseisiwe | Botswana | 1:53.72 | NR |
| | 1 | Getahun Ayana | Ethiopia | DNF | |

### Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1:46.79 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | Paul Ereng | Kenya | 1:47.11 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 2 | Ray Brown | United States | 1:47.24 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Andrey Sudnik | Soviet Union | 1:49.01 | |
| 5 | 1 | Tonino Viali | Italy | 1:49.06 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Ikem Billy | Great Britain | 1:49.28 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Stanley Redwine | United States | 1:49.57 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:49.70 | |
| 9 | 1 | Joachim Heydgen | West Germany | 1:49.71 | |
| 10 | 2 | Steve Heard | Great Britain | 1:50.75 | |
| 11 | 2 | William Wuyke | Venezuela | 1:53.52 | |
| | 1 | Pablo Squella | Chile | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Paul Ereng | Kenya | 1:44.84 | WR, CR |
| | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1:45.55 | AR |
| | Tonino Viali | Italy | 1:46.95 | PB |
| 4 | Stanley Redwine | United States | 1:47.54 | PB |
| 5 | Ray Brown | United States | 1:47.93 | |
| 6 | Ikem Billy | Great Britain | 1:48.97 | |
