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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 ]
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.
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 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 Women's trap event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 4 August 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks.. The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 3 sets of 25 targets in trap shooting, with 10 targets being thrown to the left, 10 to the right, and 5 straight-away in each set.
The men's trap at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 7–8 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center. [1] There were 33 competitors from 24 nations. [2] The event was won by Croatian Josip Glasnović. It was the second consecutive victory for Croatia, with Giovanni Cernogoraz taking gold in 2012 (he finished 9th this time).