| 1987 Asian Championships | |
| Size: | 180 |
| Host City: |  Singapore, Singapore |
| Nations Participating: | at least 14 |
| Dates: | July 22-26 |
| Stadium: | National Stadium |
| Previous: | Jakarta 1985 |
| Next: | New Delhi 1989 |
The seventh Asian Championships in Athletics were held in 1987 in Singapore.
| 100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) | Talal Mansour Qatar | 10.41 | Cheng Hsin-fu | 10.56 | Li Tao | 10.57 | |
| 200 metres (wind: -1.3 m/s) | Talal Mansour Qatar | 20.71 | Li Feng | 21.12 | Cheng Hsin-Fu | 21.21 | |
| 400 metres | Mohammed Al-Malki Oman | 45.77 | Mohamed Nordin Jadi Malaysia | 47.05 | Yoshito Toshida | 47.32 | |
| 800 metres | Ismail Yousef Qatar | 1:47.81 | Ryu Tae-Kyung | 1:48.00 | Ramasamy Haridas Malaysia | 1:48.27 | |
| 1500 metres | Duan Xiuquan | 3:45.11 | Shigeki Nakayama | 3:45.41 | Yutaka Hoshino | 3:45.76 | |
| 5000 metres | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Qatar | 14:09.29 | Yoshiaki Iwasa | 14:10.91 | Cai Shangyan | 14:11.30 | |
| 10,000 metres | Cai Shangyan | 29:47.85 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Qatar | 30:03.02 | Lee Sang-Geun | 30:06.79 | |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Masashi Otokita | 9:04.21 | Ali Ahmed Saleh Qatar | 9:08.03 | Kim Hyun-Hwa | 9:08.76 | |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.1 m/s) | Yang Guang | 14.04 | Yu Zhicheng | 14.06 | Nagi Ghazi Iraq | 14.30 | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Shigenori Ohmori | 50.09 | Jasem Al-Douwaila Kuwait | 50.46 | Nasser Mohammed Qatar | 51.15 | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Qatar Jamal Abdallah Sulaiman Faraj Marzouk Saad Muftah Talal Mansour | 39.20 | Cai Jianming Li Feng Li Tao Zheng Chen | 39.40 | Chang Yih-yuan Cheng Hsin-fu Lai Cheng-chuan Lee Shin-long | 39.68 | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Yuji Yoshioka Seiichi Ibe Yoshito Toyota Ritsuo Hayasaka | 3:09.31 | Malaysia Joseph Phan Ramasamy Haridas Ismail Hashim Mohamed Nordin Jadi | 3:09.72 | Hsu Ruo-ta Lee Shin-long Lin Kuan-liang Lin Tsai-tien | 3:09.86 | |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Liu Jianli | 1:33:16 | Jung Pil-Hwa | 1:37:49 | Yoshihiro Oie | 1:39:44 | |
| High jump | Liu Yunpeng | 2.24 | Cho Hyun-wook | 2.22 | Ramjit Nairulal Malaysia | 2.10 | |
| Pole vault | Liang Xueren | 5.35 | Teruhisa Kamiya | 5.15 | Ku Chin-shui | 5.10 | |
| Long jump | Kim Won-jin | 8.00 | Liu Yuhuang | 7.98 | Wang Shijie | 7.91 | |
| Triple jump | Park Young-Jun | 16.37 | Du Benzhong | 16.37 | Noboru Sasano | 15.82 | |
| Shot put | Ma Yongfeng | 18.32 | Gong Yitian | 18.05 | Balwinder Singh | 17.56 | |
| Discus throw | Li Weinan | 56.10 | Wang Daoming | 54.48 | Mansour Ghorbani | 53.00 | |
| Hammer throw | Xie Yingqi | 66.36 | Akiyoshi Ikeda | 65.98 | Yu Guangming | 65.74 | |
| Javelin throw | Takahiro Yamada | 72.62 | Frans Mahuse Indonesia | 72.30 | Ji Zhanzheng | 70.80 | |
| Decathlon | Gong Guohua | 7848 | Chen Zebin | 7554 | Lee Fu-an | 7515 |
| 100 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s) | Lydia de Vega Philippines | 11.43 | P.T. Usha | 11.74 | Tian Yumei | 11.76 | |
| 200 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s) | Lydia de Vega Philippines | 23.38 | Pan Weixin | 24.06 | Hiromi Isozaki | 24.18 | |
| 400 metres | P.T. Usha | 52.31 | Vandana Shanbagh | 53.22 | Xie Zhiling | 54.16 | |
| 800 metres | Choi Se-Bum | 2:05.11 | Jiang Shuling | 2:05.21 | Lim Chun-Ae | 2:05.39 | |
| 1500 metres | Yang Liuxia | 4:19.29 | Noe Hye-Soon | 4:23.52 | Kim Ryon-Sun | 4:25.44 | |
| 3000 metres | Kim Chun-Mae | 9:17.19 | Zhang Xiuyun | 9:17.61 | Kim Ryon-Sun | 9:18.76 | |
| 10,000 metres | Wang Huabi | 34:56.34 | Keiko Honma | 35:31.04 | Kim Gun-Hui | 37:04.12 | |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.1 m/s) | Feng Yinghua | 13.56 | Chen Wen-Ying | 13.68 | Wang Shu-Hwa | 14.05 | |
| 400 metres hurdles | P.T. Usha | 56.48 | Chang Feng-Hua | 58.62 | Hitomi Koshimoto | 59.18 | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Tian Yumei Zhang Xiaoqiong Pan Weixin Shao Liwei | 45.20 | Vandana Shanbagh Vandana Rao Sany Joseph P.T. Usha | 45.49 | Chen Ya-li Jen Yui-chu Huang Kuei-ying Chen Wen-ying | 45.66 | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Ashwini Nachappa Vandana Rao Sany Joseph P.T. Usha | 3:34.50 | Fumiko Ono Kimika Tateno Mikako Eguchi Hiromi Isozaki | 3:39.70 | Chang Feng-hua Chen Wen-ying Hsu Yi-ling Cheng Fei-ju | 3:40.32 | |
| 10000 metre track walk | An Limei | 52:40.21 | Yuki Nanbu | 53:01.37 | Park Hyun-Joo | 53:56.86 | |
| High jump | Ni Xiuling | 1.92 | Kim Hee-sun | 1.90 | Ye Peisu | 1.86 | |
| Long jump | Wang Zhihui | 6.70 | Liao Wenfen | 6.51 | Li Yong-Ae | 6.23 | |
| Shot put | Cong Yuzhen | 18.17 | Choi Mi-Sun | 13.88 | Lee Jing-Hua | 13.33 | |
| Discus throw | Xing Ailan | 58.08 | Juliana Effendi Indonesia | 43.94 | Li Sin-Gum | 43.86 | |
| Javelin throw | Li Baolian | 60.12 | Lee Huei-Cheng | 52.60 | Naomi Tokuyama | 50.14 | |
| Heptathlon | Dong Yuping | 6036 | Ma Miaolan | 5460 | Wang Shu-Hwa | 5293 |