Men's 20 km
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1989 season in track and field | ||||
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| World Record |  Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) |
1:19:08 | July 30, 1988 | Kiev, Soviet Union
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| Broken records during the 1989 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record | Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) |
1:18:54 | February 19, 1989 | Sochi, Soviet Union
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1989 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 1:18:54 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) |
Sochi, Soviet Union | 19/02/1989 | WR |
| 2 | 1:19:29 | Valdas Kazlauskas (URS) |
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| 3 | 1:20:08 | Vladimir Andreyev (URS) |
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| 4 | 1:20:11 | Grigoriy Kornev (URS) |
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| 5 | 1:20:16 |  Ernesto Canto (MEX) |
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| 6 | 1:20:21 | Frants Kostyukevich (URS) |
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| 7 | 1:20:22 | Yevgeniy Zaykin (URS) |
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| 8 | 1:20:28 | Vyacheslav Cherepanov (URS) |
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| 9 | 1:20:34 | Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) |
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| 10 | 1:20:56 |  Roman Mrázek (TCH) |
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| 11 | 1:21:02 | Viktor Mostovik (URS) |
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| 12 | 1:21:20 |  Maurizio Damilano (ITA) |
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| 13 | 1:21:27 | Vladimir Druchik (URS) |
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| 14 | 1:21:29 | Andrey Perlov (URS) |
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| 15 | 1:21:34 | Oleg Troshin (URS) |
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| 16 | 1:21:36 |  Ronald Weigel (GDR) |
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| 17 | 1:21:37 | Igor Plotnikov (URS) |
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| 18 | 1:21:42 | Oleg Plastun (URS) |
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| 19 | 1:21:45 | Walter Arena (ITA) |
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| 20 | 1:21:49 | Sergey Prochishin (URS) |
