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

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

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Paul Ereng	José Luíz Barbosa	Tonino Viali

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			1:47.99	Q
2	3			1:48.29	q
3	4			1:48.45	Q
4	4			1:48.54	q
5	4			1:48.62	q
6	3			1:48.77	q
7	4			1:48.97	q
8	3			1:49.04	q
9	2			1:49.49	Q
10	1			1:49.55	Q
11	1			1:49.70	q
12	1			1:49.71	q
13	2			1:49.74	NR
14	2			1:49.79
15	3			1:49.98
16	1			1:50.19
17	2			1:50.20
18	4			1:51.21	AR
19	2			1:51.49
20	3			1:51.58
21	2			1:53.72	NR
	1

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:46.79	Q, CR
2	2			1:47.11	Q, NR
3	2			1:47.24	Q
4	2			1:49.01
5	1			1:49.06	Q
6	1			1:49.28	Q
7	1			1:49.57	Q
8	1			1:49.70
9	1			1:49.71
10	2			1:50.75
11	2			1:53.52
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Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:44.84	WR, CR
			1:45.55	AR
			1:46.95	PB
4			1:47.54	PB
5			1:47.93
6			1:48.97

Notes and References

1. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2nd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-14/results/men/800-metres/heats/summary Heats results
2. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2nd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-14/results/men/800-metres/semi-final/summary Semifinals results
3. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2nd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-14/results/men/800-metres/final/result Final results