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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 "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.
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.
Trap shooting is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting.The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. [1] [2]Trap shooting is distinguished by the targets being launched from a single "house" or machine, generally away from the shooter, compared with skeet shooting where targets are launched from two "houses" crossing in front of the shooter.
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 Men's Trap event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 29–30 July 2024 at the National Shooting Centre, Châteauroux in France. [ 1 ] Defending champion Jiří Lipták compete in this edition but knocked out of qualification and did not reach the final.
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; it was open to women from 1968 to 1992. [ 3 ] Three of the 6 finalists from the 1996 Games (the three medalists) returned: gold medalist Michael Diamond of Australia and Americans silver medalist Josh Lakatos and ...
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.