The Lightning competition of the sailing events at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago was held from October 30 to November 4 at the Cofradia Nautica del Pacifico.

Points were assigned based on the finishing position in each race (1 for first, 2 for second, etc.). The points were totaled from the top 9 results of the first 10 races, with lower totals being better. If a team was disqualified or did not complete the race, 9 points were assigned for that race (as there were 8 teams in this competition). The top 5 teams at that point competed in the final race, with placings counting double for final score. The team with the lowest total score won.

Allan Terhune Jr., Madeline Baldridge and Sarah Chin from the United States secured the gold medal with seven wins in eleven races, making it the first title for the country in the class since 1999. The home athletes Pedro Robles, Paula Hermán and Carmina Malsch won the silver medal, followed by Javier Conte, María Trinidad Silva and Martina Silva from Argentina. Conte, who was the then two-time class champion, managed to achieve another top-3 finish.

Schedule All times are (UTC-3). Date Time RoundOctober 30, 2023 12:07 Races 1, 2 and 3October 31, 2023 13:00 Races 4, 5 and 6November 2, 2023 15:22 Races 7 and 8November 3, 2023 13:00 Races 9 and 10November 4, 2023 14:00 Medal race

Results The results were as below. Race M is the medal race.

Rank Athlete Nation RaceTotal PointsNet Points12345678910M Allan Terhune Jr.Madeline BaldridgeSarah Chin 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 17 14 Pedro RoblesPaula HermánCarmina Malsch 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 (5) 3 3 4 32 27 Javier ConteMaría Trinidad SilvaMartina Silva 1 4 (6) 5 4 3 2 2 2 4 6 39 33 4 Luke RamsayRachel GreenJessica Hirschbold 6 2 3 2 2 5 (9)DSQ 1 4 6 8 48 39 5 Juan Daniel BonifazCláudia BarbieriMaría Gracia Trivelli 5 5 4 (7) 5 7 4 7 7 2 10 63 56 6 Jonathan MartinettiAlisson ZambranoMoira Velásquez 4 (7) 5 4 7 4 6 6 6 7 56 49 7 Thomas SumnerLarissa JukAna Barbachan (7) 6 7 6 6 6 5 4 5 5 57 50 8 Yamil FuentesDismary BonilloAndrea Fuentes (8) 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 79 71

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