Trap, Women

Like the skeet event, the women’s trap event was now held in the same format as the men’s event, and was also held over two days for the first time, with 125 shots in qualification. A record number of 26 women competed in this event, including the medallists from the 2018 World Championships Zuzana Rehák Štefečeková (gold), Wang Xiaojing (silver) and Silvana Stanco (bronze). Wang also won silver at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships, where Ashley Carroll won gold and Fátima Gálvez took bronze. Carroll, who was also the standing world record holder for the final rounds (48), did not compete in Tokyo. The multiple world champion, and 2012 Olympic gold medallist, Jessica Rossi did compete, as did the standing world record holder for the qualification rounds (123) and 2008 Olympic gold medallist Satu Mäkelä-Nummela. Of the 2016 Olympic medallists only silver medallist Natalie Rooney returned for the Tokyo Games.

The qualification round was won by Rehák Štefečeková with a world record, as she became the first woman ever to record a perfect 125. Six shooters qualified for the final and, after the first 25 target shots, the lowest shooter was eliminated. After another 10 shots, and with only four shooters still competing, Alessandra Perilli and Laetisha Scanlan both had 26 hits and, as the tie breaker was the placement of the qualification round, Scanlan was eliminated, which gave Perilli a medal. Perilli was eliminated next, but finishing third made her the first ever Olympic medallist from San Marino. Perilli had already finished fourth in this event at the 2012 Games in London, then delivering the best Olympic result for her nation. Rehák Štefečeková won the gold medal after twice winning silver in 2008 and 2012, and missing the 2016 Rio Games, to become the first ever Olympic shooting gold medallist for Slovakia.