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Olympic trap is a shooting sports discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation.Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon. [1]
The men's ISSF Olympic trap event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 and 29 July 2021 at the Asaka Shooting Range. [1] Approximately 30 sport shooters from 20 nations are expected to compete in the trap, with the precise number depending on how many shooters compete in multiple events.
The Women's trap event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 30 and 31 July 2024 at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre. [1] Adriana Ruano won the event, which became the first ever gold Olympic medal for Guatemala. Silvana Stanco became the silver medalist, and Penny Smith won the bronze. For all the medalists, these were their first Olympic ...
The "trap" event, officially the ISSF Olympic trap, is an event held at the Summer Olympic Games.The men's event was introduced in 1900, and held at most editions of the Games (except 1904 and 1928, when no shooting events were held, and 1932 to 1948) and every edition since 1952.
Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's trap ... Trap: men: women: Skeet: men: women: mixed: The Men's Trap event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 29 ...
By defending his title from Atlanta, Michael Diamond won the host country's only gold medal in the shooting competitions. [2] Diamond was the second man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the trap (after Luciano Giovannetti of Italy in 1980 and 1984). Ian Peel earned Great Britain's first
This was the 21st appearance of the men's ISSF Olympic trap event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1924 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1952 to 2016. As with most shooting events, it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980; the trap remained open to women through 1992.
Men's trap shooting was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. It was held on 20 and 21 July 1996 at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex. [1] There were 58 competitors from 41 nations, with each nation having up to three shooters. [1] Michael Diamond of Australia won, setting two new Olympic records, ahead of two Americans.