1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
# 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Marcus O'Sullivan Ireland | Hauke Fuhlbrügge East Germany | Jeff Atkinson United States |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| 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

| 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 | |
