All sub 1'45" performances from 1989
| # | Mark | SR | Athlete | IR | Nat | Pos | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 1.43.16 | 1 | Paul Ereng | | KEN | 1/A | Zürich | 16-08-1989 |
| 2 | 1.43.22 | | Paul Ereng | 2 | KEN | 1 | Nice | 10-07-1989 |
| 3 | 1.43.38 | 2 | Nixon Kiprotich | | KEN | 2/A | Zürich | 16-08-1989 |
| 4 | 1.43.38 | 3 | Sebastian Coe | | GBR | 1 | Bern | 29-08-1989 |
| 5 | 1.43.39 | 4 | Johnny Gray | | USA | 1 | Oslo | 01-07-1989 |
| 6 | 1.43.60 | | Paul Ereng | 3 | KEN | 1 | London | 14-07-1989 |
| 7 | 1.43.60 | 5 | Abdi Bile | | SOM | 3/A | Zürich | 16-08-1989 |
| 8 | 1.43.70 | 6 | Robert Kibet | | KEN | 2 | Oslo | 01-07-1989 |
| 9 | 1.43.72 | | Paul Ereng | 4 | KEN | 1 | Bruxelles | 25-08-1989 |
| 10 | 1.43.73 | | Nixon Kiprotich | 2 | KEN | 2 | Bruxelles | 25-08-1989 |
| 11 | 1.43.88 | 7 | Tom McKean | | GBR | 1 | London | 28-07-1989 |
| 12 | 1.43.91 | | Robert Kibet | 2 | KEN | 1/B | Zürich | 16-08-1989 |
| 13 | 1.43.98 | | Johnny Gray | 2 | USA | 1 | Koblenz | 23-08-1989 |
| 14 | 1.44.0 m | | Robert Kibet | 3 | KEN | 1 | Nairobi | 13-10-1989 |
| 15 | 1.44.01 | | Paul Ereng | 5 | KEN | 1 | Sevilla | 21-06-1989 |
| 16 | 1.44.01 | | Paul Ereng | 6 | KEN | 1 | Köln | 20-08-1989 |
| 17 | 1.44.02 | | Johnny Gray | 3 | USA | 1 | Berlin | 18-08-1989 |
| 18 | 1.44.09 | | Paul Ereng | 7 | KEN | 1 | Stockholm | 03-07-1989 |
| 19 | 1.44.10 | 8 | Ari Suhonen | | FIN | 4/A | Zürich | 16-08-1989 |
| 20 | 1.44.1 m | | Nixon Kiprotich | 3 | KEN | 1 | Nairobi | 23-12-1989 |
| 21 | 1.44.2 m | | Robert Kibet | 4 | KEN | 1 | Nakuru | 24-06-1989 |
| 22 | 1.44.20 | | Tom McKean | 2 | GBR | 5/A | Zürich | 16-08-1989 |
| 23 | 1.44.20 | 9 | José Luiz Barbosa | | BRA | 2 | Berlin | 18-08-1989 |
| 24 | 1.44.25 | | Paul Ereng | 8 | KEN | 2 | London | 28-07-1989 |
| 25 | 1.44.3 m | 10 | Stephen Ole-Marai | | KEN | 1 | Kisumu | 25-11-1989 |
| 26 | 1.44.3 m | 11 | Sammy Tirop | | KEN | 2 | Nairobi | 23-12-1989 |
| 27 | 1.44.34 | | Nixon Kiprotich | 4 | KEN | 3 | London | 28-07-1989 |
| 28 | 1.44.36 | | José Luiz Barbosa | 2 | BRA | 2 | Nice | 10-07-1989 |
| 29 | 1.44.45 | | José Luiz Barbosa | 3 | BRA | 2 | Köln | 20-08-1989 |
| 30 | 1.44.45 | 12 | Moussa Fall | | SEN | 1 | Rieti | 03-09-1989 |
| 31 | 1.44.46 | | Robert Kibet | 5 | KEN | 3 | Nice | 10-07-1989 |
| 32 | 1.44.54 | | Robert Kibet | 6 | KEN | 4 | London | 28-07-1989 |
| 33 | 1.44.55 | | Nixon Kiprotich | 5 | KEN | 1 | La Coruña | 26-07-1989 |
| 34 | 1.44.59 | | Tom McKean | 3 | GBR | 2 | Stockholm | 03-07-1989 |
| 35 | 1.44.65 | | José Luiz Barbosa | 4 | BRA | 6/A | Zürich | 16-08-1989 |
| 36 | 1.44.68 | | Abdi Bile | 2 | SOM | 3 | Stockholm | 03-07-1989 |
| 37 | 1.44.76 | | José Luiz Barbosa | 5 | BRA | 1 | Helsinki | 29-06-1989 |
| 38 | 1.44.76 | 13 | Dieudonné Kwizera | | BDI | 3 | Berlin | 18-08-1989 |
| 39 | 1.44.79 | | Tom McKean | 4 | GBR | 1 | Glasgow | 22-07-1989 |
| 40 | 1.44.79 | | José Luiz Barbosa | 6 | BRA | 1 | Hengelo | 13-08-1989 |
| 41 | 1.44.84i | | Paul Ereng | 9 | KEN | 1 | Budapest | 04-03-1989 |
| 42 | 1.44.84 | | Tom McKean | 5 | GBR | 3 | Bruxelles | 25-08-1989 |
| 43 | 1.44.89 | | Tom McKean | 6 | GBR | 3 | Köln | 20-08-1989 |
| 44 | 1.44.92 | 14 | Peter Braun | | GER | 7/A | Zürich | 16-08-1989 |
| 45 | 1.44.94 | | Paul Ereng | 10 | KEN | 1 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 25-06-1989 |
| 46 | 1.44.95 | | Tom McKean | 7 | GBR | 1 | Barcelona | 08-09-1989 |