| Vasiliy Kaptyukh | |
| Fullname: | Vasiliy Borisovich Kaptyukh |
| Native Name: | Васіль Барысавіч Капцюх |
| Native Name Lang: | be |
| Nationality: | Belarusian |
| Headercolor: | lightsteelblue |
| Birth Place: | Maladzyechna, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 1.97 m |
| Weight: | 120 kg |
| Country: | (1985-1991) Belarus (1992-2005) |
| Turnedpro: | 1985 |
| Retired: | 2010 |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Discus throw |
| Pb: | 67.59 m (2000) |
Vasiliy Borisovich Kaptyukh (be|Васіль Барысавіч Капцюх; ru|Василий Борисович Каптюх; born June 27, 1967, in Maladzyechna) is a Belarusian former discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 1996. He has in fact never won gold or silver medals in major competitions, and finished fourth in major contests such as the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, despite setting his personal best throw at the former, with 67.59 metres.
His father Boris and aunt Vera Kaptyukh were also prominent athletes.
He made his first international appearance at the 1985 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he finished third to win the discus bronze medal.[1]
He retired from international athletics in June 2010.[2]
His son, Roman Kaptyukh, was among the victims of the 2011 Minsk Metro bombing.[3]
| 1985 | European Junior Championships | Cottbus, East Germany | 3rd | 57.18 m | |
| 1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 58.22 m | |
| 1990 | Split, Yugoslavia | 4th | 63.72 m | ||
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 5th (qualifiers) | Withdrew injured |
| 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany | 7th | 61.64 m | ||
| 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 3rd | 65.88 m | ||
| IAAF Grand Prix Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 4th | 66.30 m | ||
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 3rd | 65.80 m | |
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 11th | 60.12 m | |
| IAAF Grand Prix Final | Fukuoka, Japan | 7th | 61.80 m | ||
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 4th | 67.59 m | |
| 2001 | Edmonton, Canada | 6th | 66.25 m | ||
| IAAF Grand Prix Final | Melbourne, Australia | 8th | 61.60 m | ||
| 2003 | Paris, France | 3rd | 66.51 m | ||
| World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 3rd | 65.85 m | ||
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 4th | 65.10 m | |
| World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 6th | 63.03 m | ||
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th (qualifiers) | 61.04 m |