1989 World Indoor Athletics Championships

2. World Indoor Athletics Championships
Budapest Sportcsarnok (1982)
city	Budapest , Hungary
Stadion	Budapest Sportcsarnok
participating countries	61
Participating athletes	373
Competitions	24
opening	March 3, 1989
Final day	March 5, 1989
timeline
← Indianapolis 1987	Seville 1991 →

The 2nd World Indoor Athletics Championships took place from March 3rd to 5th, 1989 in Budapest in the Budapest Sportcsarnok .

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Andrés Simón	CUB	6.52
2	John Myles-Mills	GHA	6.59
3	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	ITA	6.61
4th	Antonio Ullo	ITA	6.63
5	Michael Rosswess	GBR	6.64
6th	Matthias Schlicht	FRG	6.67

Final on March 5th

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	John Regis	GBR	20.54
2	Ade Mafe	GBR	20.87
3	Kevin Little	United States	21.12
4th	Sandro Floris	ITA	21.31
5	Rob Van De Klundert	NED	21.55
	Robson da Silva	BRA	DQ

Final on March 3rd

Robson da Silva was disqualified for exceeding his orbit.

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Antonio McKay	United States	45.59
2	Ian Morris	TRI	46.09
3	Cayetano Cornet	ESP	46.40
4th	Slobodan Branković	YUG	46.48
5	Brian Whittle	GBR	46.78
6th	Gabriel Tiacoh	CIV	47.35

Final on March 5th

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paul Ereng	KEN	1: 44.84 (WR)
2	José Luíz Barbosa	BRA	1: 45.55
3	Tonino Viali	ITA	1: 46.95
4th	Stanley Redwine	United States	1: 47.54
5	Ray Brown	United States	1: 47.93
6th	Ikem Billy	GBR	1: 48.97

Final on March 4th

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Marcus O'Sullivan	IRL	3: 36.64
2	Hauke ​​Fuhlbrügge	GDR	3: 37.80
3	Jeff Atkinson	United States	3: 38.12
4th	Sydney Maree	United States	3: 38.14
5	Hervé Phélippeau	FRA	3: 38.76
6th	Radim Kunčický	TCH	3: 39.97
7th	Sergei Afanasiev	URS	3: 40.46
8th	Manuel Pancorbo	ESP	3: 41.61

Final on March 5th

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Said Aouita	MAR	7: 47.94
2	José Luis González	ESP	7: 48.66
3	Dieter Baumann	FRG	7: 50.47
4th	Doug Padilla	United States	7: 50.93
5	Frank O'Mara	IRL	7: 52.21
6th	Branko Zorko	YUG	7: 52.26
7th	José Luis Carreira	ESP	7: 53.22
8th	Stefano Mei	ITA	7: 53.73

Final on March 5th

5000 m walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mikhail Shchennikov	URS	18: 27.10 WR
2	Roman Mrázek	TCH	18: 28.90
3	Franz Kostyukevich	URS	18: 34.07
4th	Sándor Urbanik	HUN	18: 34.77
5	Giovanni De Benedictis	ITA	18: 40.87
6th	Pavol Blažek	TCH	18: 41.34
7th	Simon Baker	OUT	19: 24.12
8th	Andrew Jachno	OUT	19: 25.24

Final on March 5th

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Roger Kingdom	United States	7.43
2	Colin Jackson	GBR	7.45
3	Igors Kazanovs	URS	7.59
4th	Holger Pohland	GDR	7.70
5	Emilio Valle	CUB	7.71
6th	Tonie Campbell	United States	7.86

Final on March 3rd

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	2.43
2	Dietmar Mögenburg	FRG	2.35
3	Patrik Sjöberg	SWE	2.35
4th	Dalton Grant	GBR	2.35
5	Carlo Thränhardt	FRG	2.33
6th	Krzysztof Krawczyk	POLE	2.28
7th	Jake Jacoby	United States	2.28
8th	Róbert Ruffíni	TCH	2.28

Final on March 4th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Rodion Gataullin	URS	5.85
2	Grigory Yegorov	URS	5.80
3	Joe Dial	United States	5.70
4th	Miroslaw Chmara	POLE	5.60
5	Bernhard Zintl	FRG	5.60
6th	István Bagyula	HUN	5.50
7th	Alberto Ruiz	ESP	5.50
8th	Javier García	ESP	5.50

Final on March 4th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Larry Myricks	United States	8.37
2	Dietmar Haaf	FRG	8.17
3	Mike Conley Sr.	United States	8.11
4th	László Szalma	HUN	8.10
5	Jaime Jefferson	CUB	7.96
6th	Norbert Brige	FRA	7.91
7th	Ubaldo Duany	CUB	7.86
8th	Frans Maas	NED	7.83

Final on March 5th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mike Conley Sr.	United States	17.65
2	Jorge Reyna	CUB	17.41
3	Juan Miguel López	CUB	17.28
4th	Volodymyr Inozemzew	URS	17.17
5	Milan Mikuláš	TCH	16.84
6th	Serge Hélan	FRA	16.62
7th	Andrzej Grabarczyk	POLE	16.56
8th	John Herbert	GBR	16.55

Final on March 4th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ulf Timmermann	GDR	21.75
2	Randy Barnes	United States	21.28
3	Georg Andersen	NOR	20.98
4th	August Wolf	United States	20.82
5	Karsten pride	FRG	20.11
6th	Gert Weil	CHI	19.91
7th	Alessandro Andrei	ITA	19.77
8th	Janne Ronkainen	FIN	19.25

Final on March 4th

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nelli Cooman	NED	7.05
2	Gwen Torrence	United States	7.07
3	Merlene Ottey	JAM	7.10
4th	Liliana Allen	CUB	7.16
5	Laurence Bily	FRA	7.19
6th	Ulrike Sarvari	FRG	7.29

Final on March 3rd

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Merlene Ottey	JAM	22.34
2	Grace Jackson	JAM	22.95
3	Natalia Kovtun	URS	23.28
4th	Silke-Beate Knoll	FRG	23.30
5	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	BRA	23.83
6th	Marie-José Pérec	FRA	23.99

Final on March 4th

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Helga Arendt	FRG	51.52
2	Diane Dixon	United States	51.77
3	Jillian Richardson	CAN	52.02
4th	Maree Holland	OUT	52.17
5	Marina Schmonina	URS	52.44
6th	Sally Gunnell	GBR	52.60

Final on March 4th

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Christine Wachtel	GDR	1: 59.24
2	Tatiana Grebenchuk	URS	1: 59.53
3	Ellen Kiessling	GDR	1: 59.68
4th	Violeta Beclea	ROU	2: 00.26
5	Gabriela Lesch	FRG	2: 01.09
6th	Joetta Clark	United States	DNS

Final on March 5th

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Doina Melinte	ROU	4: 04.79
2	Svetlana Kitova	URS	4: 05.71
3	Yvonne May	GDR	4: 06.09
4th	Marina Yachmenjowa	URS	4: 06.52
5	Mitica Constantin	ROU	4: 09.74
6th	Liz McColgan	GBR	4: 10.16
7th	Karen Hutcheson	GBR	4: 11.37
8th	Małgorzata Rydz	POLE	4: 17.53

Final on March 4th

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Elly van Hulst	NED	8: 33.82 WR
2	Liz McColgan	GBR	8: 34.80
3	Margareta Keszeg	ROU	8: 48.70
4th	Vera Michallek	FRG	8: 49.66
5	Nicky Morris	GBR	8: 53.52
6th	Lyudmila Borisova	URS	9: 04.75
7th	Zita Agoston	HUN	9: 18.72

Final on March 4th

McColgan started the race at a world record pace, and only European Champion van Hulst was able to follow her and overtake her in the final 100 meters. The Dutchman beat the old world record by almost six seconds.

3000 m walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kerry Saxby	OUT	12: 01.65 WR
2	Beate Anders	GDR	12: 07.73
3	Ileana Salvador	ITA	12: 11.33
4th	Nadezhda Ryashkina	URS	12: 12.98
5	Anikó Szebenszky	HUN	12: 27.20
6th	Andrea Alfoldi	HUN	12: 31.66
7th	Ann Peel	CAN	12: 32.34
8th	Olga Sánchez	ESP	12: 34.02

Final on March 4th

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Yelisaveta Chernyshova	URS	7.82
2	Lyudmila Naroshilenko	URS	7.83
3	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	7.86
4th	Kim McKenzie	United States	7.92
5	Mihaela Pogăcean	ROU	7.95
6th	Marjan Olijslager	NED	7.95

Final on March 5th

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	2.02
2	Tamara Bykowa	URS	2.00
3	Heike Redetzky	FRG	1.94
4th	Biljana Petrovic	YUG	1.94
5	Jan Wohlschlag	United States	1.91
6th	Gai Kapernick	OUT	1.91
7th	Madely Beaugendre	FRA	1.91
8th	Olga Turchak	URS	1.91

Final on March 5th

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Galina Chistjakova	URS	6.98
2	Marieta Ilcu	ROU	6.86
3	Laryssa Bereschna	URS	6.82
4th	Ringa Ropo-Junnila	FIN	6.69
5	Antonella Capriotti	ITA	6.45
6th	Agata Karczmarek	POLE	6.31
7th	Xiong Qiying	CHN	6.28
8th	Jennifer Innis	United States	6.02

Final on March 4th

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Claudia Losch	FRG	20.45
2	Huang Zhihong	CHN	20.25
3	Christa Wiese	GDR	19.75
4th	Stephanie Storp	FRG	19.63
5	Heike Hartwig	GDR	19.44
6th	Belsy Laza	CUB	19.32
7th	Soňa Vašíčková	TCH	18.52
8th	Li Meisu	CHN	18.08

Final on March 5th

Explanations

• WR: world record

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Soviet Union	4th	5	4th	13
2	United States	4th	3	4th	11
3	German Democratic Republic	2	2	4th	8th
4th	BR Germany	2	2	2	6th
5	Cuba	2	1	1	4th
6th	Netherlands	2	-	-	2
7th	United Kingdom	1	3	-	4th
8th	Jamaica	1	1	1	3
	Romania	1	1	1	3
10	Australia	1	-	-	1
	Bulgaria	1	-	-	1
	Ireland	1	-	-	1
	Kenya	1	-	-	1
	Morocco	1	-	-	1
15th	Spain	-	1	1	2
16	Brazil	-	1	-	1
	People's Republic of China	-	1	-	1
	Ghana	-	1	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	1	-	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	-	1	-	1
21st	Italy	-	-	3	3
22nd	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Norway	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1

literature

• Mark Butler (Ed.): IAAF Statistics Handbook - 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships Doha 2010. IAAF, 2010
  • Part 1: PDF; 7.78 MB
  • Part 2: PDF; 5.94 MB