# 1987 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1987 South American Championships in Athletics were held in São Paulo, Brazil, between 8 and 11 October.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Robson da Silva Brazil | 10.39 | Carlos Moreno Chile | 10.51 | Carlos de Oliveira Brazil | 10.68 |
| 200 metres (wind: -0.6 m/s) | Robson da Silva Brazil | 21.04 | Carlos Moreno Chile | 21.41 | Álvaro Prenafeta Chile | 21.48 |
| 400 metres | Héctor Daley Panama | 45.80 CR | Gérson de Souza Brazil | 46.26 | Cristián Courbis Chile | 46.37 |
| 800 metres | Luis Migueles Argentina | 1:47.35 | Pablo Squella Chile | 1:48.64 | Jamir Garcez Brazil | 1:49.49 |
| 1500 metres | Gilson Wiggers Brazil | 3:46.62 | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 3:46.69 | Manuel Balmaceda Chile | 3:47.43 |
| 5000 metres | Rolando Vera Ecuador | 14:03.00 | Florinda Corrêa Brazil | 14:04.60 | Omar Aguilar Chile | 14:05.50 |
| 10,000 metres | Juan Pablo Juárez Argentina | 29:18.39 | Rolando Vera Ecuador | 29:19.16 | Omar Aguilar Chile | 29:30.01 |
| Marathon | Osmiro Silva Brazil | 2:21:06 | José César de Souza Brazil | 2:24:49 | Wilson Pérez Ecuador | 2:26:22 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.8 m/s) | Lyndon Campos Brazil | 14.13 | Joilto Bonfim Brazil | 14.54 | Carlos Varas Argentina | 14.55 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Pablo Squella Chile | 50.42 | Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil | 50.67 | Carlos dos Santos Brazil | 52.43 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 8:51.41 | Carlos Naput Argentina | 8:53.84 | Ricardo Vera Uruguay | 8:58.99 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Carlos de Oliveira Pedro Miguel da Silva Reginaldo Aguiar Robson da Silva | 40.17 | Argentina Oscar Barrionuevo Carlos Gats José María Beduino Gerardo Meinardi | 40.72 | Chile Carlos Moreno Álvaro Prenafeta Juan Carlos Fuentes Héctor Fernández | 40.75 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Chile Cristián Courbis Manuel Balmaceda Pablo Squella Carlos Morales | 3:07.64 CR | Brazil Gérson de Souza Paulo César de Souza Geraldo de Assis Nilson Neri | 3:08.43 | Argentina Fabián Garbolino Dardo Angerami Luis Migueles José María Beduino | 3:10.36 |
| 20 kilometres road walk | Cláudio Bertolino Brazil | 1:38:34 | Jorge Yannone Argentina | 1:39:12 | Juan Canevaro Chile | 1:40:51 |
| High jump | Fernando Moreno Argentina | 2.17 =CR | Fernando Pastoriza Argentina | 2.17 | Milton Riitano Francisco Brazil | 2.14 |
| Pole vault | Oscar Veit Argentina | 5.25 CR | Thomas Riether Chile | 5.15 | Renato Bortolocci Brazil | 5.05 |
| Long jump | Paulo de Oliveira Brazil | 7.65 | Fernando Valiente Peru | 7.56 | Ricardo Valiente Peru | 7.45 |
| Triple jump | Jorge da Silva Brazil | 16.24 | Abcelvio Rodrigues Brazil | 16.11 | José Quiñaliza Ecuador | 15.77 |
| Shot put | Gert Weil Chile | 19.35 | Adilson Oliveira Brazil | 18.04 | Gerardo Carucci Argentina | 16.70 |
| Discus throw | Carlos Brynner Argentina | 55.34 CR | José Jacques Brazil | 54.46 | João dos Santos Brazil | 51.16 |
| Hammer throw | Andrés Charadia Argentina | 66.72 CR | Pedro Rivail Atílio Brazil | 62.68 | Adrián Marzo Argentina | 59.94 |
| Javelin throw (Current design) | Nivaldo Beje Filho Brazil | 64.46 CR | Rodrigo Zelaya Chile | 64.06 | Jorge Parraguirre Chile | 63.98 |
| Decathlon | Paulo Lima Brazil | 7491 | Fidel Solórzano Ecuador | 6947 | Carlos Martín Argentina | 6924 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Deborah Bell Argentina | 11.68 | Ximena Restrepo Colombia | 11.77 | Inês Ribeiro Brazil | 11.91 |
| 200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Ximena Restrepo Colombia | 23.49 | Liliana Chalá Ecuador | 23.74 | Deborah Bell Argentina | 23.87 |
| 400 metres | Liliana Chalá Ecuador | 52.9 CR | Suzete Montalvão Brazil | 53.7 | Soledad Acerenza Uruguay | 55.2 |
| 800 metres | Soraya Telles Brazil | 2:07.71 | Graciela Mardones Chile | 2:09.21 | Luiza do Nascimento Brazil | 2:09.39 |
| 1500 metres | Soraya Telles Brazil | 4:29.9 | Rita de Jesus Brazil | 4:30.9 | Graciela Mardones Chile | 4:33.9 |
| 3000 metres | Monica Regonesi Chile | 9:47.30 | Martha Tenorio Ecuador | 10:02.63 | María Martínez Argentina | 10:05.93 |
| 10,000 metres | Angélica de Almeida Brazil | 34:59.2 | Monica Regonesi Chile | 35:00.6 | Martha Tenorio Ecuador | 35:11.5 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s) | Carmen Bezanilla Chile | 14.22 | Carolina Gutiérrez Argentina | 14.34 | Alejandra Martínez Chile | 14.49 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Liliana Chalá Ecuador | 58.46 CR | Maria do Carmo Fialho Brazil | 59.92 | Margit Weise Brazil | 60.05 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Milagros Allende Olga Conte Laura de Falco Deborah Bell | 45.45 | Brazil Iara Ribeiro Jupira da Graça Roberta Correa Inês Ribeiro | 45.78 | Uruguay Rosanna Biasco Margarita Martirena Soledad Acerenza Claudia Acerenza | 46.54 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Suzete Montalvão Soraya Telles Maria do Carmo Fialho Eliane Silva | 3:38.13 CR | Argentina Viviana Cortes Olga Conte Milagros Allende Laura de Falco | 3:43.56 | Chile Carmen Bezanilla Claudia Hoelzel Graciela Mardones Ismenia Guzmán | 3:43.61 |
| High jump | Orlane dos Santos Brazil | 1.80 | Liliana Lohmann Brazil | 1.73 | Carmen Garib Chile | 1.70 |
| Long jump | Rita Slompo Brazil | 6.17 | Ana Martina Vizioli Argentina | 6.01 | Orlane dos Santos Brazil | 5.90 |
| Shot put | Maria Fernandes Brazil | 14.49 | Berenice da Silva Uruguay | 14.36 | Eliane de Campos Brazil | 13.88 |
| Discus throw | Luz María Quiñonez Ecuador | 48.00 | Márcia Barbosa Brazil | 45.66 | Gloria Martínez Chile | 44.66 |
| Javelin throw | Sueli dos Santos Brazil | 56.00 CR | Berta Gómez Colombia | 47.62 | Sonia Favre Argentina | 46.68 |
| Heptathlon | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 5550 | Carmen Bezanilla Chile | 5066 | Carolina Gutiérrez Argentina | 4765 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 20 | 16 | 11 | 47 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 6 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Ecuador (ECU) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Panama (PAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

## Participating nations

* Argentina (45)
* Bolivia (4)
* Brazil (64)
* Chile (32)
* Colombia (2)
* Ecuador (21)
* Panama (1)
* Paraguay (9)
* Peru (10)
* Uruguay (19)