1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
# 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Antonio McKay United States | Ian Morris Trinidad and Tobago | Cayetano Cornet Spain |

## Results

### Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Cayetano Cornet | Spain | 46.64 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 46.69 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Slobodan Branković | Yugoslavia | 46.69 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Antonio McKay | United States | 46.86 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Howard Burnett | Jamaica | 46.91 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica | 46.93 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Jörg Vaihinger | West Germany | 47.00 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Gabriel Tiacoh | Ivory Coast | 47.00 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Ian Morris | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.09 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Arjen Visserman | Netherlands | 47.11 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Alemayehu Gudeta | Ethiopia | 47.14 | Q, NR |
| 12 | 4 | Clarence Daniel | United States | 47.20 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Ervin Katona | Hungary | 47.33 | |
| 14 | 3 | Todd Bennett | Great Britain | 47.35 | |
| 15 | 3 | Tomasz Jędrusik | Poland | 47.36 | |
| 16 | 2 | Gusztáv Menczer | Hungary | 47.43 | |
| 17 | 1 | Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 47.60 | |
| 18 | 2 | Romeo Gido | Philippines | 47.63 | NR |
| 19 | 3 | Klaus Just | West Germany | 47.67 | |
| 20 | 5 | Anton Skerritt | Canada | 47.69 | |
| 21 | 2 | Patrick Delice | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.86 | |
| 22 | 4 | Takahiro Watanabe | Japan | 47.97 | |
| 23 | 4 | Troy Douglas | Bermuda | 48.46 | NR |
| 24 | 2 | Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem | Egypt | 48.63 | |
| 25 | 1 | Luis Karim Toledo | Mexico | 48.65 | NR |
| 26 | 4 | Gerson Souza | Brazil | 49.04 | |

### Semifinals

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Antonio McKay | United States | 46.06 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Cayetano Cornet | Spain | 46.30 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Slobodan Branković | Yugoslavia | 46.49 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ian Morris | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.52 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 2 | Gabriel Tiacoh | Ivory Coast | 46.69 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 46.71 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Arjen Visserman | Netherlands | 46.94 | |
| 8 | 1 | Alemayehu Gudeta | Ethiopia | 46.96 | NR |
| 9 | 1 | Jörg Vaihinger | West Germany | 47.01 | |
| 10 | 2 | Clarence Daniel | United States | 47.03 | |
| 11 | 1 | Howard Burnett | Jamaica | 47.18 | |
| 12 | 2 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica | 47.78 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Antonio McKay | United States | 45.59 | CR |
| | 2 | Ian Morris | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.09 | NR |
| | 4 | Cayetano Cornet | Spain | 46.40 | |
| 4 | 6 | Slobodan Branković | Yugoslavia | 46.48 | |
| 5 | 3 | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 46.78 | |
| 6 | 1 | Gabriel Tiacoh | Ivory Coast | 47.35 | |
