The 1987 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Olímpico in Caracas, Venezuela between 24–26 July.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Juan Núñez  Dominican Republic	10.22	Luis Morales  Puerto Rico	10.37	John Mair  Jamaica	10.39
200 metres (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Clive Wright  Jamaica	20.64	Juan Núñez  Dominican Republic	20.79	John Mair  Jamaica	20.99
400 metres	Elvis Forde  Barbados	45.63	Jesús Malavé  Venezuela	45.68	Ian Morris  Trinidad and Tobago	45.90
800 metres	William Wuycke  Venezuela	1:49.10	Raúl Mesa  Cuba	1:49.80	Dennis Hines  Jamaica	1:50.30
1500 metres	Raúl Mesa  Cuba	3:46.17	José Isaac  Cuba	3:46.82	Linton McKenzie  Jamaica	3:46.87
5000 metres	Pablo Cerón  Mexico	14:06.20	Pedro Ortiz  Colombia	14:09.58	Carlos Quiñones  Puerto Rico	14:13.53
10,000 metres	Rafael Zepeda  Mexico	29:46.62 CR	Silvio Salazar  Colombia	30:38.69	José Carmona  Venezuela	30:38.74
Half marathon	Alfredo Bolívar  Mexico	1:13:26	Óscar González  Venezuela	1:13:42	Jahir Mosquera  Colombia	1:13:59
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Jacinto Álvarez  Cuba	13.83	Ángel Bueno  Cuba	14.01	Modesto Castillo  Dominican Republic	14.06
400 metres hurdles	Winthrop Graham  Jamaica	49.58 CR	Francisco Moret  Cuba	50.45	Emmanuel Smith  Venezuela	50.94
3000 metres steeplechase	Juan Ramón Conde  Cuba	8:42.38	Diosdaro Martos  Cuba	9:03.90	José Bolivar  Venezuela	9:19.46
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Gregory Meghoo Mark Senior Clive Wright John Mair	39.45	Panama Florencio Aguilar Hector Daley Alfonso Pitters Luis Smith	40.48	Dominican Republic Modesto Castillo Juan Núñez Rafael Mejía Osvaldo Aquino	40.65
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Winthrop Graham Devon Morris Mark Senior Berris Long	3:03.54	Venezuela Charles Boddington Rafael Díaz Jesús Malave Aaron Phillips	3:05.15	Cuba Agustín Pavo José Isaac Raúl Mesa Francisco Moret	3:07.17
20 km road walk	Carlos Ramones  Venezuela	1:34:34	Francisco Vargas  Colombia	1:34:34	Nicolás Soto  Puerto Rico	1:41:14
High jump	Clarence Saunders  Bermuda	2.26	Francisco Centelles  Cuba	2.20	Bárbaro Díaz  Cuba	2.20
Pole vault	Miguel Saldarriaga  Colombia	5.05	Brent Vanderpool  Bahamas	4.75	Liston Boschette  Puerto Rico	4.75
Long jump	Ray Quiñones  Puerto Rico	8.01	Ubaldo Duany  Cuba	8.00	Miguel Valle  Cuba	7.92
Triple jump	Héctor Marquetti  Cuba	16.91	Norbert Elliott  Bahamas	16.40	Steve Hanna  Bahamas	16.32
Shot put	Marciso Boué  Cuba	18.15	Pedro Contreras  Cuba	17.30	Samuel Crespo  Puerto Rico	16.46
Discus throw	Roberto Moya  Cuba	60.10	Samuel Crespo  Puerto Rico	48.00	Luis Palacios  Venezuela	46.78
Hammer throw	Vicente Sánchez  Cuba	69.86 CR	Eladio Hernández  Cuba	64.44	Edmundo Castillo  Venezuela	56.50
Javelin throw (Current design)	Luis Lucumí  Colombia	72.46 CR	Orlando Hernández  Cuba	71.20	Héctor Duharte  Cuba	70.84
Decathlon	Miguel Valle  Cuba	7586 CR	Ernesto Betancourt  Cuba	7534	Rubén Herrada  Venezuela	6734

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s)	Amparo Caicedo  Colombia	11.75	Alejandra Flores  Mexico	12.01	Rosa García  Mexico	12.26
200 metres (wind: -0.6 m/s)	Ester Petitón  Cuba	23.67	Amparo Caicedo  Colombia	24.07	Yolande Straughn  Barbados	24.17
400 metres	Norfalia Carabalí  Colombia	51.70	Cathy Rattray  Jamaica	51.83	Ester Petitón  Cuba	53.99
800 metres	Angelita Lind  Puerto Rico	2:04.87	Cathy Rattray  Jamaica	2:05.85	Norfalia Carabalí  Colombia	2:07.67
1500 metres	Milagro Rodríguez  Cuba	4:29.34	Angelita Lind  Puerto Rico	4:29.51	Fabiola Rueda  Colombia	4:34.89
3000 metres	Milagro Rodríguez  Cuba	9:58.86	Yolanda González  Mexico	9:59.05	Fabiola Rueda  Colombia	9:59.13
10,000 metres	Isabel Juárez  Mexico	35:06.20 CR	Fanny Romero  Colombia	36:09.40	Emperatriz Wilson  Cuba	37:07.20
100 metres hurdles	Sandra Taváres  Mexico	13.49 CR	María Torreblanca  Cuba	13.63	Mary Hawkins  Panama	13.82
400 metres hurdles	Belkis Chávez  Cuba	58.82	Carmen Rodríguez  Venezuela	64.24	Rosa Urbina  Venezuela	64.64
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia Amparo Caicedo Norfalia Carabalí Olga Escalante Elia Mera	45.29	Mexico Alejandra Flores Rosa García Sandra Távares Alma Vázquez	46.25	Cuba Niurka Montalvo Ester Petitón Luisa Peña María Torreblanca	47.01
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Ester Petitón Milagros Rodríguez Luisa Peña Belkis Chávez	3:27.23 CR	Barbados Yolande Straughn Deborah Ross Jacqueline Hinds Yvette Wickham	3:40.35	Puerto Rico Angelita Lind Dagmar Rosado Walesica Ramos Roxanne Oliver	3:41.82
High jump	Mazel Thomas  Jamaica	1.81	María del Carmen García  Cuba	1.81	Victoria Despaigne  Cuba	1.78
Long jump	Niurka Montalvo  Cuba	6.31	Madeline de Jesús  Puerto Rico	6.11	Mazel Thomas  Jamaica	5.98
Shot put	Lissete Martínez  Cuba	17.22	Jenny Quintero  Venezuela	13.94	Marlene Lewis  Jamaica	13.61
Discus throw	Bárbara Hechevarría  Cuba	54.94	Rita Álvarez  Cuba	54.10	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	52.60
Javelin throw	Herminia Bouza  Cuba	62.78	Marieta Riera  Venezuela	55.14	Mariela Riera  Venezuela	50.34
Heptathlon	Victoria Despaigne  Cuba	5514 CR	Laiza Carrillo  Cuba	5130	Daisy Ocasio  Puerto Rico	4879

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Venezuela)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	18	15	8	41
2	Colombia (COL)	5	5	5	15
3	Mexico (MEX)	5	3	1	9
4	Jamaica (JAM)	5	2	6	13
5	Venezuela (VEN)*	2	6	8	16
6	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	4	6	12
7	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	1	2	4
8	Barbados (BAR)	1	1	1	3
9	Bermuda (BER)	1	0	0	1
10	Bahamas (BAH)	0	2	1	3
11	Panama (PAN)	0	1	1	2
12	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		40	40	40	120