All sub 1'45" performances from 1986
| # | Mark | SR | Athlete | IR | Nat | Pos | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 1.43.19 | 1 | Steve Cram | | GBR | 1 | Rieti | 07-09-1986 |
| 2 | 1.43.22 | | Steve Cram | 2 | GBR | 1 | Edinburgh | 31-07-1986 |
| 3 | 1.43.46 | 2 | Johnny Gray | | USA | 1 | Zürich | 13-08-1986 |
| 4 | 1.43.54 | 3 | William Wuycke | | VEN | 2 | Rieti | 07-09-1986 |
| 5 | 1.43.62 | | Steve Cram | 3 | GBR | 1 | Nice | 15-07-1986 |
| 6 | 1.43.62 | 4 | Earl Jones | | USA | 2 | Zürich | 13-08-1986 |
| 7 | 1.43.84 | | Johnny Gray | 2 | USA | 1 | Stockholm | 01-07-1986 |
| 8 | 1.43.97 | | William Wuycke | 2 | VEN | 3 | Zürich | 13-08-1986 |
| 9 | 1.44.03 | 5 | Peter Braun | | GER | 1 | Koblenz | 06-08-1986 |
| 10 | 1.44.06 | 6 | Peter Elliott | | GBR | 3 | Rieti | 07-09-1986 |
| 11 | 1.44.10 | 7 | Sebastian Coe | | GBR | 1 | London | 11-07-1986 |
| 12 | 1.44.10 | 8 | José Luiz Barbosa | | BRA | 4 | Rieti | 07-09-1986 |
| 13 | 1.44.12 | | José Luiz Barbosa | 2 | BRA | 4 | Zürich | 13-08-1986 |
| 14 | 1.44.17 | | Sebastian Coe | 2 | GBR | 2 | Stockholm | 01-07-1986 |
| 15 | 1.44.17 | 9 | David Mack | | USA | 2 | Koblenz | 06-08-1986 |
| 16 | 1.44.19 | | José Luiz Barbosa | 3 | BRA | 3 | Koblenz | 06-08-1986 |
| 17 | 1.44.28 | | Sebastian Coe | 3 | GBR | 1 | London | 12-09-1986 |
| 18 | 1.44.50 | | Sebastian Coe | 4 | GBR | 1 | Stuttgart | 28-08-1986 |
| 19 | 1.44.59 | 10 | Matthias Assmann | | GER | 4 | Koblenz | 06-08-1986 |
| 20 | 1.44.61 | 11 | Tom McKean | | GBR | 2 | Stuttgart | 28-08-1986 |
| 21 | 1.44.62 | | José Luiz Barbosa | 4 | BRA | 3 | Stockholm | 01-07-1986 |
| 22 | 1.44.66 | 12 | Faouzi Lahbi | | MAR | 5 | Koblenz | 06-08-1986 |
| 23 | 1.44.66 | | José Luiz Barbosa | 5 | BRA | 1 | Bruxelles | 05-09-1986 |
| 24 | 1.44.68 | | José Luiz Barbosa | 6 | BRA | 1 | Catania | 13-09-1986 |
| 25 | 1.44.70 | | Earl Jones | 2 | USA | 1 | Oslo | 05-07-1986 |
| 26 | 1.44.70 | 13 | Babacar Niang | | SEN | 1 | Paris | 22-07-1986 |
| 27 | 1.44.70 | | William Wuycke | 3 | VEN | 1 | Köln | 17-08-1986 |
| 28 | 1.44.71 | | Earl Jones | 3 | USA | 2 | Nice | 15-07-1986 |
| 29 | 1.44.72 | | Johnny Gray | 3 | USA | 2 | London | 11-07-1986 |
| 30 | 1.44.73 | | Johnny Gray | 4 | USA | 1 | Eugene OR | 22-06-1986 |
| 31 | 1.44.74 | | William Wuycke | 4 | VEN | 1 | Budapest | 11-08-1986 |
| 32 | 1.44.75 | | William Wuycke | 5 | VEN | 1 | Lausanne | 02-09-1986 |
| 33 | 1.44.75 | 14 | Omer Kalifa | | SUD | 2 | Catania | 13-09-1986 |
| 34 | 1.44.80 | | Tom McKean | 2 | GBR | 2 | Edinburgh | 31-07-1986 |
| 35 | 1.44.80 | | Johnny Gray | 5 | USA | 2 | Köln | 17-08-1986 |
| 36 | 1.44.86 | 15 | Moussa Fall | | SEN | 2 | Bruxelles | 05-09-1986 |
| 37 | 1.44.87 | | Peter Elliott | 2 | GBR | 3 | Nice | 15-07-1986 |
| 38 | 1.44.87 | | Peter Elliott | 3 | GBR | 3 | Bruxelles | 05-09-1986 |
| 39 | 1.44.88 | | Steve Cram | 4 | GBR | 3 | Stuttgart | 28-08-1986 |
| 40 | 1.44.89 | | William Wuycke | 6 | VEN | 2 | Paris | 22-07-1986 |
| 41 | 1.44.90 | | Moussa Fall | 2 | SEN | 1 | Como | 21-09-1986 |