In trap, men move through a series of five adjacent shooting stations. At each station, competitors mount their 12 gauge shotguns, call for the target, and fire up to two shots per target. The targets, four-inch clay disks, are thrown from an underground bunker a minimum distance of 70 meters and at speeds of up to 65 miles per hour. Beginning with 1996, women's double trap was added as an event at the Olympics. Women's trap and skeet will first be contested in the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Trap is shot over longer distances than the other Olympic shotgun events.
The women's event is 75 targets and a 25 target final in one day. Josh Lakatos won the silver, and Lance Bade the bronze in the 1996 Games in Atlanta. In skeet, men move through a semicircular range featuring eight shooting stations. The four-inch clay disks travel at up to 55 miles per hour, and competitors may fire one shot per target. Competitors hold their 12 gauge shotguns at hip level until the target appears, which can be anywhere from 0-3 seconds after their call.