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 1989.[citation needed]

The winning margin was 0.50 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the greatest winning margin in the men's 400 metres at these championships.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Antonio McKay
 United States
Ian Morris
 Trinidad and Tobago
Cayetano Cornet
 Spain

Results

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Heats

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The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

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

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

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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Antonio McKay  United States 45.59 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Ian Morris  Trinidad and Tobago 46.09 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

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