Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres
# Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 9 and 10 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Gail Devers United States | Diane Williams United States | Pauline Davis Bahamas |

## Results

### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: +3.7 m/s, Heat 2: +3.0 m/s, Heat 3: +2.7 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Gail Devers | United States | 11.01 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Diane Williams | United States | 11.07 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.19 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 11.28 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Vivienne Spence | Jamaica | 11.36 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Eusebia Riquelme | Cuba | 11.43 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Angela Phipps | Canada | 11.45 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Amparo Caicedo | Colombia | 11.54 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Molly Killingbeck | Canada | 11.58 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 11.72 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 11.72 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Deborah Bell | Argentina | 11.72 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Inês Ribeiro | Brazil | 11.78 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Alejandra Flores | Mexico | 11.90 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Elia Mera | Colombia | 12.00 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Zoila Stewart | Costa Rica | 12.15 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Terry Daley | United States Virgin Islands | 12.44 | |
| 18 | 3 | Cislyn Blake | United States Virgin Islands | 12.78 | |
| 19 | 3 | Adriana Andrade | Ecuador | 12.96 | |
| | 2 | Christa Schumann | Guatemala | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: +4.7 m/s, Heat 2: +3.7 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Gail Devers | United States | 10.85 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Diane Williams | United States | 10.94 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 11.16 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Eusebia Riquelme | Cuba | 11.21 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.21 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Vivienne Spence | Jamaica | 11.30 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Angela Phipps | Canada | 11.40 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Molly Killingbeck | Canada | 11.43 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 11.57 | |
| 10 | 2 | Amparo Caicedo | Colombia | 11.59 | |
| 11 | 2 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 11.63 | |
| 12 | 1 | Inês Ribeiro | Brazil | 11.79 | |
| 13 | 2 | Alejandra Flores | Mexico | 11.81 | |
| 14 | 1 | Deborah Bell | Argentina | 11.85 | |
| 15 | 2 | Elia Mera | Colombia | 12.02 | |
| 16 | 1 | Zoila Stewart | Costa Rica | 12.21 | |

### Final

Wind: -2.0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Gail Devers | United States | 11.14 |
| | Diane Williams | United States | 11.25 |
| | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 11.47 |
| 4 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.51 |
| 5 | Eusebia Riquelme | Cuba | 11.65 |
| 6 | Vivienne Spence | Jamaica | 11.73 |
| 7 | Angela Phipps | Canada | 11.82 |
| 8 | Molly Killingbeck | Canada | 11.98 |
