1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 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
Saïd Aouita Morocco	José Luís González Spain	Dieter Baumann West Germany

Results

Heats

First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Dieter Baumann	West Germany	7:50.22	Q, CR
2	1	Branko Zorko	Yugoslavia	7:50.99	Q, NR
3	1	Stefano Mei	Italy	7:51.48	Q
4	1	José Luís González	Spain	7:51.52	Q
5	2	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	7:51.72	Q
6	1	Mikhail Dasko	Soviet Union	7:51.83	q
7	2	José Luis Carreira	Spain	7:51.98	Q, PB
8	2	Doug Padilla	United States	7:52.00	Q
9	2	Frank O'Mara	Ireland	7:52.37	Q
10	1	Brian Abshire	United States	7:52.52	q
11	2	Klaus-Peter Nabein	West Germany	7:53.15	PB
12	1	Jacky Carlier	France	7:53.16
13	1	Gerry O'Reilly	Ireland	7:53.32
14	2	Peter Wirz	Switzerland	7:53.70
15	2	Rémy Geoffroy	France	7:53.91
16	2	Mohamed Choumassi	Morocco	7:55.58
17	1	Adauto Domingues	Brazil	7:56.76	NR
18	2	Nikos Vouzis	Greece	7:59.92
19	2	Béla Vágó	Hungary	8:05.78

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	7:47.94	CR
	José Luís González	Spain	7:48.66
	Dieter Baumann	West Germany	7:50.47
4	Doug Padilla	United States	7:50.93
5	Frank O'Mara	Ireland	7:52.21
6	Branko Zorko	Yugoslavia	7:52.26
7	José Luis Carreira	Spain	7:53.22
8	Stefano Mei	Italy	7:53.73
9	Brian Abshire	United States	7:53.93
10	Mikhail Dasko	Soviet Union	7:54.80