The Women's trap event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 11, 2008 at the Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field.

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 total score from all 100 targets was used to determine final ranking.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

The qualification round was held between 09:00 and 13:30 China Standard Time (UTC+8).