| Date | 18 September 2000 | 
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | 
| Location | Sydney International Shooting Centre, Cecil Park, New South Wales | 
| Participants | 17 from 15 countries | 
This was the first single trap competition at the Olympics open only to women. Lithuania’s Daina Gudzinevičiūtė had been World Champion as far back as 1989, and was twice runner-up at the European Championships – in 1988 and 1992. She led the qualifying by three birds with 71, and held on to win the gold medal over France’s Delphine Racinet. Gudzinevičiūtė was a lawyer who later hosted a documentary television show in Lithuania looking at the lives of policemen.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Total Points | Preliminary Round | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Daina Gudzinevičiūtė |  LTU | 93 | 71 (1) | 93 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Delphine Racinet |  FRA | 92 | 67 (=3) | 92 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Gao E |  CHN | 90 | 68 (2) | 90 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Anne Focan |  BEL | 88 | 67 (=3) | 88 (4) | |||
| 5 | – | Susanne Kiermayer |  GER | 86 | 66 (5) | 86 (5) | |||
| 6 | – | Yelena Tkach |  RUS | 81 | 65 (6) | 81 (6) | |||
| 7 | – | Emanuela Felici |  SMR | 64 | 64 (=7) | – | |||
| 8 | – | Pia Hansen |  SWE | 64 | 64 (=7) | – | |||
| 9 | – | Sue Nattrass |  CAN | 63 | 63 (9) | – | |||
| =10 | – | Cynthia Meyer |  CAN | 62 | 62 (=10) | – | |||
| =10 | – | Lisa-Anne Smith |  AUS | 62 | 62 (=10) | – | |||
| 12 | – | Deserie Wakefield-Baynes |  AUS | 61 | 61 (12) | – | |||
| 13 | – | Satu Pusila |  FIN | 60 | 60 (13) | – | |||
| 14 | – | Cindy Gentry |  USA | 59 | 59 (14) | – | |||
| 15 | – | Teresa Borrell |  NZL | 58 | 58 (15) | – | |||
| 16 | – | Taeko Takeba |  JPN | 56 | 56 (16) | – | |||
| 17 | – | Giulia Iannotti |  ITA | 52 | 52 (17) | – | 
| Date | 18 September 2000 — 10:00 | 
|---|---|
| Format | 75 targets in three rounds of 25 targets. 75 possible. Top six advanced to 25-target final round. | 
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Round 1 Points | Round 2 Points | Round 3 Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Daina Gudzinevičiūtė |  LTU | 71 | 23 | 24 | 24 | ||
| 2 | – | Gao E |  CHN | 68 | 23 | 21 | 24 | ||
| =3 | – | Delphine Racinet |  FRA | 67 | 22 | 23 | 22 | ||
| =3 | – | Anne Focan |  BEL | 67 | 21 | 23 | 23 | ||
| 5 | – | Susanne Kiermayer |  GER | 66 | 22 | 23 | 21 | ||
| 6 | – | Yelena Tkach |  RUS | 65 | 23 | 21 | 21 | ||
| =7 | – | Emanuela Felici |  SMR | 64 | 21 | 21 | 22 | ||
| =7 | – | Pia Hansen |  SWE | 64 | 20 | 23 | 21 | ||
| 9 | – | Sue Nattrass |  CAN | 63 | 23 | 18 | 22 | ||
| =10 | – | Cynthia Meyer |  CAN | 62 | 20 | 21 | 21 | ||
| =10 | – | Lisa-Anne Smith |  AUS | 62 | 18 | 22 | 22 | ||
| 12 | – | Deserie Wakefield-Baynes |  AUS | 61 | 19 | 22 | 20 | ||
| 13 | – | Satu Pusila |  FIN | 60 | 19 | 21 | 20 | ||
| 14 | – | Cindy Gentry |  USA | 59 | 20 | 19 | 20 | ||
| 15 | – | Teresa Borrell |  NZL | 58 | 21 | 19 | 18 | ||
| 16 | – | Taeko Takeba |  JPN | 56 | 21 | 17 | 18 | ||
| 17 | – | Giulia Iannotti |  ITA | 52 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 
| Date | 18 September 2000 — 14:00 | 
|---|---|
| Format | Top six from preliminary round advanced to the final round. | 
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Total Points | Preliminary Round Points | Final Round Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Daina Gudzinevičiūtė |  LTU | 93 | 71 | 22 | ||
| 2 | – | Delphine Racinet |  FRA | 92 | 67 | 25 | ||
| 3 | – | Gao E |  CHN | 90 | 68 | 22 | ||
| 4 | – | Anne Focan |  BEL | 88 | 67 | 21 | ||
| 5 | – | Susanne Kiermayer |  GER | 86 | 66 | 20 | ||
| 6 | – | Yelena Tkach |  RUS | 81 | 65 | 16 |