1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 3 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
John Regis Great Britain	Ade Mafe Great Britain	Kevin Little United States

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	John Regis	Great Britain	21.17	Q
2	4	Kevin Little	United States	21.22	Q
3	1	Robson da Silva	Brazil	21.25	Q
4	4	Rob van de Klundert	Netherlands	21.27	Q, NR
5	4	Sandro Floris	Italy	21.34	q
6	2	Andrzej Popa	Poland	21.35	Q
7	1	Nikolay Antonov	Bulgaria	21.42	Q
8	2	Paolo Catalano	Italy	21.48	q
9	3	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	21.49	Q
10	3	László Karaffa	Hungary	21.57	Q
11	4	Bruno Marie-Rose	France	21.68	q
12	1	Alemayehu Gudeta	Ethiopia	21.90	q, NR
13	3	Luís Cunha	Portugal	21.93
14	1	Troy Douglas	Bermuda	21.94	NR
15	3	Emmanuel Tuffour	Ghana	22.09
16	2	Ian Morris	Trinidad and Tobago	22.19
17	1	Ayhan Bodur	Turkey	22.47
18	3	Trevor Davis	Anguilla	22.90
19	1	Clinton Bufuku	Zambia	23.25	NR
	2	Itai Iluz	Israel	DQ

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	John Regis	Great Britain	20.81	Q
2	2	Robson da Silva	Brazil	20.86	Q
3	2	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	21.01	Q
4	2	Kevin Little	United States	21.05	Q
5	1	Sandro Floris	Italy	21.21	Q
6	1	Rob van de Klundert	Netherlands	21.36	Q
7	2	Andrzej Popa	Poland	21.43
8	1	Nikolay Antonov	Bulgaria	21.47
9	1	László Karaffa	Hungary	21.51
10	2	Paolo Catalano	Italy	21.90
11	2	Alemayehu Gudeta	Ethiopia	21.90	=NR
	1	Bruno Marie-Rose	France	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	John Regis	Great Britain	20.54	CR
	6	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	20.87
	2	Kevin Little	United States	21.12
4	3	Sandro Floris	Italy	21.31
5	1	Rob van de Klundert	Netherlands	21.55
	5	Robson da Silva	Brazil	DQ	^[4]