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