Vasyl Arkhypenko

Vasyl Archypenko (. Ukrainian Василь Архипенко, English transcription Vasyl Arkhypenko, Russian Василий Альбертович Архипенко - Vasily Albertovich Archipenko - Vasiliy Arkhipenko; born January 28, 1957 in Mykolajiwka, Donetsk Oblast ) is a retired Ukrainian hurdler who competed for the Soviet Union and its special route the 400-meter distance was.

In 1978 he won the bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships in Prague. In each case, he won silver at the Universiade in 1979 and at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

At the European Championships in 1982 in Athens, he was fourth.

From 1977 to 1981 he was the fifth consecutive Soviet masters. His personal best of 48.34 s he set up in Turin on 4 August 1979.