| 1987 South American Championships in Athletics | |
| Host City: | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Dates: | 8–11 October |
| Previous: | Santiago 1985 |
| Next: | Medellín 1989 |
The 1987 South American Championships in Athletics were held in São Paulo, Brazil, between 8 and 11 October.
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Robson da Silva | 10.39 | Carlos Moreno | 10.51 | Carlos de Oliveira | 10.68 | |
| 200 metres (wind: -0.6 m/s) | Robson da Silva | 21.04 | Carlos Moreno | 21.41 | Álvaro Prenafeta | 21.48 | |
| 400 metres | Héctor Daley | 45.80 CR | Gerson de Souza | 46.26 | Cristián Courbis | 46.37 | |
| 800 metres | Luis Migueles | 1:47.35 | Pablo Squella | 1:48.64 | Jamir Garcez | 1:49.49 | |
| 1500 metres | Gilson Wiggers | 3:46.62 | Emilio Ulloa | 3:46.69 | Manuel Balmaceda | 3:47.43 | |
| 5000 metres | Rolando Vera | 14:03.00 | Florinda Corrêa | 14:04.60 | Omar Aguilar | 14:05.50 | |
| 10,000 metres | Juan Pablo Juárez | 29:18.39 | Rolando Vera | 29:19.16 | Omar Aguilar | 29:30.01 | |
| Marathon | Osmiro Silva | 2:21:06 | José César de Souza | 2:24:49 | Wilson Pérez | 2:26:22 | |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.8 m/s) | Lyndon Campos | 14.13 | Joilto Bonfim | 14.54 | Carlos Varas | 14.55 | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Pablo Squella | 50.42 | Antônio Dias Ferreira | 50.67 | Carlos dos Santos | 52.43 | |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Emilio Ulloa | 8:51.41 | Carlos Naput | 8:53.84 | Ricardo Vera | 8:58.99 | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Carlos de Oliveira Robson da Silva Pedro da Silva Filho Reginaldo Aguiar | 40.17 | Oscar Barrionuevo Carlos Gats José María Beduino Gerardo Meinardi | 40.72 | Carlos Moreno Héctor Fernández Álvaro Prenafeta Juan Carlos Fuentes | 40.75 | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Marcos Courbis Manuel Balmaceda Pablo Squella Carlos Morales | 3:07.64 CR | Gérson de Souza Geraldo de Assis Nilson Neri Paulo César Mendes | 3:08.43 | Fabian Garbolino Dardo Angerami Luis Migueles José María Beduino | 3:10.36 | |
| 20 kilometres road walk | Cláudio Bertolino | 1:38:34 | Jorge Yannone | 1:39:12 | Juan Canevaro | 1:40:51 | |
| High jump | Fernando Moreno | 2.17 =CR | Fernando Pastoriza | 2.17 | Milton Riitano Francisco | 2.14 | |
| Pole vault | Oscar Veit | 5.25 CR | Thomas Riether | 5.15 | Renato Bortolocci | 5.05 | |
| Long jump | Paulo de Oliveira | 7.65 | Fernando Valiente | 7.56 | Ricardo Valiente | 7.45 | |
| Triple jump | Jorge da Silva | 16.24 | Abcelvio Rodrigues | 16.11 | José Quiñaliza | 15.77 | |
| Shot put | Gert Weil | 19.35 | Adilson Oliveira | 18.04 | Gerardo Carucci | 16.70 | |
| Discus throw | Carlos Brynner | 55.34 CR | José Jacques | 54.46 | João dos Santos | 51.16 | |
| Hammer throw | Andrés Charadia | 66.72 CR | Pedro Rivail Atílio | 62.68 | Adrián Marzo | 59.94 | |
| Javelin throw (Current design) | Nivaldo Beje Filho | 64.46 CR | Rodrigo Zelaya | 64.06 | Jorge Parraguirre | 63.98 | |
| Decathlon | Paulo Lima | 7491 | Fidel Solórzano | 6947 | Carlos Martín | 6924 |
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Deborah Bell | 11.68 | Ximena Restrepo | 11.77 | Ines Ribeiro | 11.91 | |
| 200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Ximena Restrepo | 23.49 | Liliana Chalá | 23.74 | Deborah Bell | 23.87 | |
| 400 metres | Liliana Chalá | 52.9 CR | Suzete Montalvão | 53.7 | Soledad Acerenza | 55.2 | |
| 800 metres | Soraya Telles | 2:07.71 | Graciela Mardones | 2:09.21 | Luiza do Nascimento | 2:09.39 | |
| 1500 metres | Soraya Telles | 4:29.9 | Rita de Jesus | 4:30.9 | Graciela Mardones | 4:33.9 | |
| 3000 metres | Monica Regonesi | 9:47.30 | Martha Tenorio | 10:02.63 | María Martínez | 10:05.93 | |
| 10,000 metres | Angélica de Almeida | 34:59.2 | Monica Regonesi | 35:00.6 | Martha Tenorio | 35:11.5 | |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s) | Carmen Bezanilla | 14.22 | Carolina Gutiérrez | 14.34 | Alejandra Martínez | 14.49 | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Liliana Chalá | 58.46 CR | Maria do Carmo Fialho | 59.92 | Margit Weise | 60.05 | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Milagros Allende Olga Conte Laura de Falco Deborah Bell | 45.45 | Jupira da Graça Inês Antónia Ribeiro Roberta Aparecida Correia Iara de Souza | 45.78 | Claudia Acerenza Margarita Martirena Soledad Acerenza Rosanna Biasco | 46.54 | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Maria do Carmo Fialho Suzete Montalvão Soraya Telles Eliane de Sousa | 3:38.13 CR | Viviana Cortes Olga Conte Milagros Allende Laura de Falco | 3:43.56 | Carmen Bezanilla Graciela Mardones Ismenia Guzman Claudia Hoelzel | 3:43.61 | |
| High jump | Orlane dos Santos | 1.80 | Liliana Lohmann | 1.73 | Gloria Garib | 1.70 | |
| Long jump | Rita Slompo | 6.17 | Ana Martina Vizioli | 6.01 | Orlane dos Santos | 5.90 | |
| Shot put | Maria Fernandes | 14.49 | Berenice da Silva | 14.36 | Eliane de Campos | 13.88 | |
| Discus throw | Luz María Quiñonez | 48.00 | Márcia Barbosa | 45.66 | Gloria Martínez | 44.66 | |
| Javelin throw | Sueli dos Santos | 56.00 CR | Berta Gómez | 47.62 | Sonia Favre | 46.68 | |
| Heptathlon | Conceição Geremias | 5550 | Carmen Bezanilla | 5066 | Carolina Gutiérrez | 4765 |