The women's trap event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 7 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center.

[1] 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 medals were presented by Sam Ramsamy, IOC member, South Africa and Medhat Wahdan, Honorary Member and Technical Delegates of the International Shooting Sport Federation.

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