Rowing at the 1987 Pan American Games

The rowing competition at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana, took place at Eagle Creek Park.

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single sculls	Jesús Posse Uruguay (URU)	Joaquín Gómez Mexico (MEX)	Elexey Marrero Cuba (CUB)
Double sculls	United States of America United States (USA)	Chile Chile (CHI)	Argentina Argentina (ARG)
Lightweight singles sculls	Sergio Fernández Argentina (ARG)	Juan Felix Puerto Rico (PUR)	Don Dickison Canada (CAN)
Lightweight double sculls	Brian Thome & John Murphy Canada (CAN)	Jorge Lamo & Federico Querin Argentina (ARG)	Robert Dreher & Michael Dreher United States (USA)
Coxless pair	Ricardo Carvalho & Ronaldo Carvalho Brazil (BRA)	Jami Schatter & Darcel Benhout Canada (CAN)	Daniel Scurt & Caludio Aguilla Argentina (ARG)
Lightweight coxless pair	Argentina Argentina (ARG)	Canada Canada (CAN)	Brazil Brazil (BRA)
Coxless four	Cuba Cuba (CUB)	United States (USA) Dan Gehn Wis Brian Colgan John Strobeck Scott Erwin	Canada Canada (CAN)
Lightweight coxless four	United States (USA) Dan McGill Russel Lane Donald Tower Eric Rosow	Mexico Mexico (MEX)	Canada Canada (CAN)
Coxed eight	United States of America United States (USA)	Brazil Brazil (BRA)	Canada Canada (CAN)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single sculls	Silken Laumann Canada (CAN)	Gretchen Weimer United States (USA)	Martha García Mexico (MEX)
Double sculls	Martha García & Ana Gamble Mexico (MEX)	Jennie Marshall & Holly Kays United States (USA)	Karen Ashford & Connie Delise Canada (CAN)
Coxless pair	Canada Canada (CAN)	United States of America United States (USA)	[[File:Template:Country flag PASO alias Cuba|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Cuba Cuba (Cuba)
Lightweight single sculls	Michele Murphy Canada (CAN)	Merri Lisa Trigilo United States (USA)	Verónica Schreiber Mexico (MEX)
Lightweight double sculls	United States of America United States (USA)	Canada Canada (CAN)	Mexico Mexico (MEX)
Lightweight coxless Pair	United States of America United States (USA)	Canada Canada (CAN)	[[File:Template:Country flag PASO alias Cuba|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Cuba Cuba (Cuba)