Canoeing at the 1987 Pan American Games

The 1987 Pan American Games was the first to hold canoeing events.

Canoeing at the 1987 Pan American Games
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Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	United States	10	1	1	12
2	Cuba	1	6	3	10
3	Canada	1	5	4	10
4	Argentina	0	0	4	4
Total		12	12	12	36

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 metres	Jim Terrell  United States	Stephen Wasteneys  Canada	Jorge Montero  Cuba
C-2 500 metres	Cuba	Canada	United States
C-1 1000 metres	Bruce Merritt  United States	Armando Silega  Cuba	Stephen Wasteneys  Canada
C-2 1000 metres	Canada	United States	Cuba
K-1 500 metres	Norman Bellingham  United States	Luis Pérez  Cuba	Jeff Houser  Canada
K-2 500 metres	United States	Cuba	Canada
K-1 1000 metres	Gregory Barton  United States	Jorge García  Cuba	Atilio Vásquez  Argentina
K-2 1000 metres	United States	Cuba	Canada
K-4 1000 metres	United States	Cuba	Argentina

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Traci Phillips  United States	Erika Revesz  Canada	Verónica Arbo  Argentina
K-2 500 metres	United States	Canada	Argentina
K-4 500 metres	United States	Canada	Cuba