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On 9 June 2017, the International Shooting Sport Federation welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee to approve several changes to the Olympic shooting program to enhance the sport's popularity and worldwide appeal. One of the significant changes in the program was replacing the mixed team trap competition with the mixed ...
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]
Men's trap. at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad. Venue: National Shooting Centre, Châteauroux: Dates: 29–30 July: Competitors: 30 from 24 nations: Medalists ...
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 first ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in 1897, and while the Olympic shooting program changed heavily until the 1930s, the World Championship program was quite stable. The early events were 300 metre rifle, 50 metre pistol (added 1900), and 300 metre army rifle (added 1911).
a Host nation France was awarded twelve quota places in all individual shooting events for the Games. Six French shooters (Bessaguet, Cormenier, Jedrzejewski, Guerrero, Kryzs, and Muller) attained a direct nomination to the Olympic team based on their performances at the European and World Championships, thereby leaving the vacancies unused for ...
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.
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.