Competitors for 1989 World Athletics Indoor Championships
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beate Anders-Gummelt |  GDR GER |
ATH | 4 February 1968 |
| Georg Andersen |  NOR |
ATH | 7 January 1963 |
| Saïd Aouita |  MAR |
ATH | 2 November 1959 |
| Helga Arendt | GER |
ATH | 24 April 1964 |
| Jeff Atkinson |  USA |
ATH | 24 February 1963 |
| Zequinha Barbosa |  BRA |
ATH | 27 May 1961 |
| Randy Barnes | USA |
ATH | 16 June 1966 |
| Dieter Baumann | GER |
ATH | 9 February 1965 |
| Larisa Berezhnaya |  CIS URS UKR |
ATH | 28 February 1961 |
| Doina Beșliu-Melinte |  ROU |
ATH | 27 December 1956 |
| Tamara Bykova | URS |
ATH | 21 December 1958 |
| Yelizaveta Chernyshova | URS |
ATH | 26 January 1958 |
| Galina Čisťakovová | URS |
ATH | 26 July 1962 |
| Mike Conley | USA |
ATH | 5 October 1962 |
| Gaietà Cornet |  ESP |
ATH | 22 August 1963 |
| Joe Dial | USA |
ATH | 26 October 1962 |
| Diane Dixon | USA |
ATH | 23 September 1964 |
| Paul Ereng |  KEN |
ATH | 22 August 1967 |
| Nelli Fiere-Cooman |  NED |
ATH | 6 June 1964 |
| Hauke Fuhlbrügge | GDR GER |
ATH | 21 March 1966 |
| Rodion Gataullin |  RUS URS |
ATH | 23 November 1965 |
| José Luis González | ESP |
ATH | 8 December 1957 |
| Yvonne Grabner-Mai | GDR |
ATH | 22 August 1965 |
| Tatyana Grebenchuk | URS |
ATH | 22 November 1962 |
| Dietmar Haaf | GER |
ATH | 6 March 1967 |
| Huang Zhihong |  CHN |
ATH | 7 May 1965 |
| Elly van Hulst | NED |
ATH | 9 June 1959 |
| Marieta Ilcu | ROU |
ATH | 16 October 1962 |
| Colin Jackson |  GBR WAL |
ATH | 18 February 1967 |
| Grace Jackson-Small |  JAM |
ATH | 14 June 1961 |
| Igors Kazanovs |  LAT URS |
ATH | 24 September 1963 |
| Margareta Keszeg | ROU |
ATH | 31 August 1965 |
| Ellen Kießling | GDR |
ATH | 17 February 1968 |
| Roger Kingdom | USA |
ATH | 26 August 1962 |
| Svetlana Kitova | URS |
ATH | 25 June 1960 |
| Stefka Kostadinova |  BUL |
ATH | 25 March 1965 |
| Frants Kostyukevich | CIS URS |
ATH | 4 April 1963 |
| Nataliya Kovtun | URS |
ATH | 27 May 1964 |
| Kevin Little | USA |
ATH | 3 April 1968 |
| Juan Miguel López |  CUB |
ATH | 7 April 1967 |
| Claudia Losch | GER |
ATH | 10 January 1960 |
| Ade Mafe |  ENG GBR |
ATH | 12 November 1966 |
| Liz McColgan | GBR SCO |
ATH | 24 May 1964 |
| Antonio McKay | USA |
ATH | 9 February 1964 |
| Dietmar Mögenburg | GER |
ATH | 15 August 1961 |
| Ian Morris |  TTO |
ATH | 30 November 1961 |
| Roman Mrázek |  TCH SVK |
ATH | 21 January 1962 |
| John Myles-Mills |  GHA |
ATH | 19 April 1966 |
| Larry Myricks | USA |
ATH | 10 March 1956 |
| Ludmila Narozhilenko-Engquist | CIS URS SWE |
ATH | 21 April 1964 |
| Marcus O'Sullivan |  IRL |
ATH | 22 December 1961 |
| Cornelia Oschkenat | GDR |
ATH | 29 October 1961 |
| Merlene Ottey-Page | JAM SLO |
ATH | 10 May 1960 |
| Pier-Francesco Pavoni |  ITA |
ATH | 21 February 1963 |
| Heike Redetzky-Henkel | GER |
ATH | 5 May 1964 |
| John Regis | ENG GBR |
ATH | 13 October 1966 |
| Jorge Reyna | CUB |
ATH | 10 January 1963 |
| Jill Richardson-Briscoe |  CAN |
ATH | 10 March 1965 |
| Ileana Salvador | ITA |
ATH | 16 January 1962 |
| Kerry Saxby-Junna |  AUS |
ATH | 2 June 1961 |
| Mikhail Shchennikov | RUS URS |
ATH | 24 December 1967 |
| Andrés Simón | CUB |
ATH | 15 April 1961 |
| Patrik Sjöberg | SWE |
ATH | 5 January 1965 |
| Javier Sotomayor | CUB |
ATH | 13 October 1967 |
| Ulf Timmermann | GDR |
ATH | 1 November 1962 |
| Gwen Torrence | USA |
ATH | 12 June 1965 |
| Tonino Viali | ITA |
ATH | 16 September 1960 |
| Christine Wachtel | GDR GER |
ATH | 6 January 1965 |
| Christa Wiese | GDR |
ATH | 25 December 1967 |
| Grigory Yegorov |  KAZ URS |
ATH | 12 January 1967 |