# Brazil at the 1987 Pan American Games

Brazil competed at the 10th Pan American Games that were held in Indianapolis from August 7 to August 23, 1987.

## Medals

The following competitors from Brazil won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name(s) | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Robson Caetano | Athletics | Men's 200m | 15 August 1987 |
| Silver | José Luiz Barbosa | Athletics | Men's 800m | 16 August 1987 |
| Gold | Joaquim Cruz | Athletics | Men's 1500m | 12 August 1987 |
| Gold | Adauto Domingues | Athletics | Men's 3000m steeplechase | 12 August 1987 |
| Silver | Adauto Domingues | Athletics | Men's 5000m | 13 August 1987 |
| Gold | Ivo Rodrigues | Athletics | Men's marathon | 9 August 1987 |
| Bronze | Soraya Telles | Athletics | Women's 800m | 16 August 1987 |
| Bronze | Claudileia Oliveira Cleide Amaral Inês Ribeiro Sheila Santos | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 m relay | 16 August 1987 |
| Gold | Men's basketball team André Ernesto Stoffel Gerson Victalino Israel Andrade João Vianna Jorge Guerra Marcel de Souza Maury de Souza Oscar Schmidt Paulinho Villas Boas Ricardo Guimarães Rolando Ferreira Sílvio Malvezi | Basketball | Men's tournament | 23 August 1987 |
| Silver | Women's basketball team Hortência Marcari Janeth Arcain Maria Angélica Maria José Bertolotti Maria Paula Silva Marta Sobral Nádia Bento de Lima Neusa Ribeiro Ruth Roberta de Souza Vânia Hernandes Vânia Somaio Teixeira Vanira Souza | Basketball | Women's tournament | |
| Bronze | Hamilton Rodrigues | Boxing | Men's flyweight (-51 kg) | |
| Bronze | Wanderley Oliveira | Boxing | Men's light welterweight (-63,5 kg) | |
| Bronze | Carlos Barcelete | Boxing | Men's super heavyweight (+91 kg) | |
| Silver | Marcos Mazzaron | Cycling | Men's race individual (road) | |
| Bronze | Antonio Carlos Hunger Antônio Silvestre Fernando Louro Paulo Jamur | Cycling | Men's 4000m pursuit team (track) | |
| Gold | Men's football team Ademir André Cruz Edu Marangon Cláudio Taffarel Pita Evair Geraldão Careca Luís Carlos Pereira Nelsinho Raí Ricardo Gomes Ricardo Rocha João Paulo Valdo Washington Douglas | Football | Men's tournament | 21 August 1987 |
| Bronze | Carlos Fulcher Carlos Sabino Gerson Gnoatto Guilherme Pinto Marco Monteiro Ricardo Nassar | Gymnastics | Men's all-around team | |
| Bronze | Luísa Parente | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars | |
| Bronze | Men's handball team Drean Dutra Edson Rizzo Everaldo Lopes Gilberto Cardoso José Ronaldo do Nascimento José Luiz Ramalho José Luiz Vieira Luiz Sumaio Marcelo Sampaio Osvaldo Inocente Filho Paulo Bittar Sergio Hortelan Vinicius Tetti | Handball | Men's tournament | |
| Bronze | Women's handball team Anita Pires Carla Vasconcelos Cláudia Monteiro Eliane Dias Elza Giovanelli Isabela Maroja Kelma Silva Márcia Tornin Márcia Tomadon Margarete Pioresan Nivia da Cruz Simone Dias Tania Becker | Handball | Women's tournament | |
| Gold | Sérgio Pessoa | Judo | Men's extra lightweight (-60 kg) | |
| Silver | Nelson Onmura | Judo | Men's half lightweight (-65 kg) | |
| Silver | Luís Onmura | Judo | Men's lightweight (-71 kg) | |
| Gold | Rinaldo Caggiano | Judo | Men's middleweight (-86 kg) | |
| Gold | Aurélio Miguel | Judo | Men's half heavyweight (-95 kg) | |
| Silver | Frederico Flexa | Judo | Men's heavyweight (+95 kg) | |
| Bronze | Rogério Cherubim | Judo | Men's open class | |
| Gold | Monica Angelucci | Judo | Women's extra lightweight (-48 kg) | |
| Bronze | Soraya Carvalho | Judo | Women's half middleweight (-61 kg) | |
| Gold | Soraia André | Judo | Women's half heavyweight (-72 kg) | |
| Bronze | Rosimeri Salvador | Judo | Women's heavyweight (+72 kg) | |
| Bronze | Ivana Santana | Judo | Women's open class | |
| Bronze | Men's roller hockey team Cláudio Gomes Ermano Santos Fabio Mainardi Fernando Jesus Lauro Terroso Neto Leônidas Agra Maurício Duque Roberto Caribe Silvio Brancacco Vitor Manuel Santos | Roller sports | Roller hockey | |
| Gold | Ricardo de Carvalho Ronaldo de Carvalho | Rowing | Men's coxless pair-oared shells | |
| Bronze | João Deboni José Augusto Almeida | Rowing | Men's lightweight coxless pair | |
| Silver | Ângelo Roso Neto Carlos Bezerra Cláudio Tavares Dênis Marinho Flávio de Melo Helder Lima José Raimundo Ribeiro Mauro Weber Nilton Alonso | Rowing | Men's eight-oared shells | |
| Silver | Jonas Penteado | Sailing | Men's Laser class | |
| Bronze | Ivan Pimenta Marcos Vianna | Sailing | Snipe class | |
| Bronze | Carlos Courtney Gastão Brun | Sailing | Star class | |
| Bronze | Carlos Wanderley Cláudio Biekarck Gunnar Ficker | Sailing | Lightning class | |
| Bronze | Daniel Adler Ronaldo Senfft Torben Grael | Sailing | Soling class | |
| Bronze | Alfredo Lalia Benevenuto Tilli Durval Guimarães | Shooting | Men's 25m center fire pistol team | |
| Bronze | Alain Dufour Marcos José Olsen Rodrigo Bastos | Shooting | Men's trap team | |
| Bronze | Nara Amaral | Shooting | Women's 50m pistol | |
| Silver | Ricardo Prado | Swimming | Men's 200m backstroke | 11 August 1987 |
| Bronze | Ricardo Prado | Swimming | Men's 200m medley | 15 August 1987 |
| Silver | Cristiano Michelena | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle | 13 August 1987 |
| Bronze | Cristiano Michelena Cyro Delgado Jorge Fernandes Júlio López | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 13 August 1987 |
| Bronze | Cícero Tortelli Jorge Fernandes Otávio Silva Ricardo Prado | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | 15 August 1987 |
| Bronze | Cristiano Michelena Cyro Delgado Jorge Fernandes Júlio López | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 10 August 1987 |
| Bronze | Carlos Kawai | Table tennis | Men's singles | |
| Bronze | Cláudio Kano | Table tennis | Men's singles | |
| Silver | Cláudio Kano Hugo Hoyama | Table tennis | Men's doubles | |
| Gold | Carlos Kawai Cláudio Kano Edson Takahashi Hugo Hoyama | Table tennis | Men's team | |
| Bronze | Gilberto Medeiros | Taekwondo | Men's heavyweight (+83 kg) | |
| Gold | Fernando Roese | Tennis | Men's singles | |
| Gold | Gisele Miró | Tennis | Women's singles | |
| Bronze | Fernando Roese Gisele Miró | Tennis | Mixed doubles | |
| Bronze | Men's volleyball team Carlão Bernard Rajzman Domingos Maracanã Elberto Furtado Jr. Helder Zech José Francisco Filho Leonídio de Pra Luís Alexandre Rodrigues Marcelo Dutra Mario Xandó Netto Paulo Jukoski Silva Renan Dal Zotto | Volleyball | Men's tournament | 23 August 1987 |
| Bronze | Men's water polo team Ayrton Silva Eduardo Comini Eric Borges Fernando Rocha Filho Fernando Carsalade Francisco Chaves Neto Gilberto Gargiulo Gilberto Guimarães Hélio Gomes Filho José Meireles Mario Souto Sérgio Figueiredo Jr. Silvio Manfredi | Water polo | Men's tournament | |
| Silver | Roberto Leitão | Wrestling | Men's freestyle light heavyweight (-90 kg) | |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Judo | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Athletics | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Tennis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Basketball | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Sailing | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Handball | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Roller sports | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Waterpolo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 14 | 33 | 61 |