The Pencak Silat at the 1987 Southeast Asian Games was held between 14 September to 17 September at TMII, Jakarta.

Medal summary

Men 45 kg Mohd Rafee Yakub Dedi Marani Edros Mayalin55 kg Joko Widodo Mohd Anwar Abdul Aziz Ahmad Wardi SalimClass C Ahmad Khuesaeri Faisal Mahyuddin Asman AmatClass D Darul Wisnu Zakri Ibrahim Asrin Abdul RahimClass E Biari Abdul Razak Ibrahim Zakaria DaudClass F Zabidi Ali Tony Widjaya Ahmad Fandi OthmanClass G I Wayan Muda Bordintra Klaimanee Wan Mohd Aminuddin BakiClass H I Wayan Muda Durahman Azam Haji AbbasClass I Sarno Wong Eng Bu Fauzi Abdul AzizFree Class Oong Sumaryono Mohd Rhusdi Abdullah Azam Abdullah

Women's 40–45 kg Hazrah Khanam Rina Widayati Khatijah SallehClass B (45 kg) Tri Wahyuni Waidjan Badriah Hosni Salbiah SallehClass C (55 kg) Nuryani Hamid Manit Sookaw Yuszarinah YusoffClass D (60 kg) Ni Made Wahyuni Sopis Srivisat Class E (65 kg) Elvina Lumban Raja Zaleha Suradi

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