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. It is considered more difficult than most other trap versions in that the distance to the targets and the speed with which they are thrown are both greater.
Until 1992, the Olympic trap event was open to both men and women. In 1996, it was open to men only; since 2000, men and women have had separate competitions.
The course of fire is 125 targets in the qualification round for both men and women since 2018. In 2005, the final rules were changed so that only one shot could be taken at each target instead of two in the qualification round. The competitors use 12-bore or smaller shotguns. All types of smoothbore shotguns, excluding semi-automatics and pump action shotguns, may be used, provided their caliber does not exceed 12 gauge.
Olympic Games
Until 1992, trap was open to both men and women. In 1996, there was no women's trap event, and since 2000, women and men have had separate events in the Olympics.
Mixed / Men's trap
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1900 Paris1908 London1912 Stockholm1920 Antwerp1924 Paris1952 Helsinki1956 Melbourne1960 Rome1964 Tokyo1968 Mexico City1972 Munich1976 Montreal1980 Moscow1984 Los Angeles1988 Seoul1992 Barcelona1996 Atlanta2000 Sydney2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo2024 Paris
Women's trap
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze2000 Sydney2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo2024 Paris
Mixed trap team Mixed trap team only took place for the 2020 Summer Olympics before being replaced by Mixed skeet team
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze2020 Tokyo SpainFátima GálvezAlberto Fernández San MarinoAlessandra PerilliGian Marco Berti United StatesMadelynn BernauBrian Burrows
World Championships, Men
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1929 Stockholm1930 Rome1931 Lvov1933 Vienna1934 Budapest1935 Brussels1936 Berlin1937 Helsinki1938 Luhačovice1939 Berlin Hermann von dem Bongart1947 Stockholm1949 Buenos Aires1950 Madrid1952 Oslo1954 Caracas1958 Moscow1959 Cairo1961 Oslo1962 Cairo1965 Santiago1966 Wiesbaden1967 Bologna1969 San Sebastian1970 Phoenix1971 Bologna1973 Melbourne1974 Bern1975 Munich1977 Antibes1978 Seoul1979 Montecatini Terme1981 Tucuman1982 Caracas1983 Edmonton1985 Montecatini Terme1986 Suhl1987 Valencia1989 Montecatini Terme1990 Moscow1991 Perth1993 Barcelona1994 Fagnano1995 Nicosia1997 Lima1998 Barcelona1999 Tampere2001 Cairo2002 Lahti2003 Nicosia2005 Lonato2006 Zagreb2007 Nicosia2009 Maribor2010 Munich2011 Belgrade2013 Lima2014 Granada2015 Lonato2017 Moscow2018 Changwon2019 Lonato2022 Osijek2023 Baku
World Championships, Men Team
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1929 Stockholm HungarySándor DoraPal DoraSándor LumniczerIstván Strassburger FinlandAke AfforsellesWerner EkmanRobert Waldemar HuberKonrad Walentin Huber GermanyHelmuth KellerL. SchivyRudolf SackSierslorpff1931 Lvov AustriaAugust BaumgartnerO. CzerninH. MühlbauerAndrás Montagh HungarySándor DoraPal DoraSándor LumniczerKonstantyn Lyszkowski PolandTadeusz BaranskiBaranowskiJózef Kiszkurno1933 Vienna HungaryPal DoraSándor DoraSándor LumniczerAndrás Montagh Denmark Austria1934 Budapest HungarySándor LumniczerPal DoraAndrás MontaghIstván Strassburger Germany Denmark1935 Brussels HungaryPal DoraSándor DoraSándor LumniczerIstván Strassburger Belgium Germany1936 Berlin HungarySándor DoraGyula HalasySándor LumniczerIstván Strassburger Germany Great Britain1937 Helsinki FinlandAke AfforsellesWerner EkmanW. HeinonenKonrad Walentin Huber GermanyRudolf SackKurt Schöbelvon GramonHermann Josef von dem Bongart SwedenT. AdlersAxel EkblomKlas KlebergG. Lundgren1938 Luhačovice PolandJózef KiszkurnoWilhelm ZiegenhirteKonstantyn LyszkowskiStefan Sztukowski Czechoslovakia HungarySándor DoraSándor LumniczerLadislaus SzaparyIstván Strassburger1939 Berlin Germany Hermann Josef von dem Bongart