Sunder Nix

Personal information

Full name

Sunder Lamont Nix

Born

December 2, 1961 (age 62)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

Sport

Running

Event

400 meters

Achievements and titles

Personal best

400 m: 44.68^[1]

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	4x400 m relay
World Championships
	1983 Helsinki	400 m

Sunder Lamont Nix (born December 2, 1961, in Birmingham, Alabama) was a 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States.^[2]

In 2013 competed at the Masters National Outdoor Track & Field Championship.^[3]^[4]

References

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^ "WORLD TOP PERFORMERS 1980-2005: MEN (OUTDOOR)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sunder Nix". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-06-21. "Sunder Lamont Nix"
^ PR Newswire. [1] Retrieved Jan 16, 2021
^ Masters History, 2013 Meet Results. [2] Retrieved Jan 16, 2021

"Sunder Nix". BallStateSports.com. Ball State Athletics. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2007-01-18.

Olympic champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Medley

1908: William Hamilton, Nathaniel Cartmell, John Taylor, Mel Sheppard (USA)

4 × 400 m

1912: Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath (USA)
1920: Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davis, Guy Butler (GBR)
1924: Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver Macdonald, William Stevenson (USA)
1928: George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti (USA)
1932: Ivan Fuqua, Ed Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr (USA)
1936: Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown (GBR)
1948: Arthur Harnden, Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield (USA)
1952: Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden (JAM)
1956: Charles Jenkins Sr., Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney (USA)
1960: Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis (USA)
1964: Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr (USA)
1968: Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans (USA)
1972: Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang (KEN)
1976: Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks (USA)
1980: Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Viktor Markin (URS)
1984: Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay (USA)
1988: Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds, Antonio McKay, Andrew Valmon (USA)
1992: Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis, Darnell Hall, Charles Jenkins Jr. (USA)
1996: LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank, Jason Rouser (USA)
2000: Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Nduka Awazie, Fidelis Gadzama (NGR)
2004: Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson, Andrew Rock, Kelly Willie (USA)
2008: LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon (USA)
2012: Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller (BAH)
2016: Arman Hall, Tony McQuay, Gil Roberts, LaShawn Merritt, Kyle Clemons, David Verburg (USA)
2020: Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin, Trevor Stewart, Randolph Ross, Vernon Norwood (USA)
2024: Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin, Quincy Wilson (USA)

Summer Universiade champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

1959: West Germany (Grawitz, Quantz, Klappert, Oberste)
1961: West Germany (Hoppe, Schöll, Graßhoff, Grawitz)
1963: Great Britain (Metcalfe, Boulter, Campbell, Steane)
1965: Italy (Bianchi, Iraldo, Frinolli, Bello)
1967: West Germany (Müller, Röper, Krüsmann, Thiemann)
1970: United States (Ulan, Colglazier, Turner, James)
1973: United States (Bond, Schultz, Lutz, Jenkins)
1975: Poland (Hewelt, Pietrzyk, Gondek, Szlendak)
1977: United States (Jennings, Smith, Dale, Andrews)
1979: United States (Taylor, Kerr, Harris, McCoy)
1981: Soviet Union (Zolotaryev, Fedotov, Burakov, Markin)
1983: United States (Nix, Tabron, Babers, Wiley)
1985: Cuba (Martínez, Peñalver, Ramos, Hernández)
1987: United States (Pierre, Daniel, Patrick, Robinzine)
1989: Jamaica (O'Connor, Morris, Davis, Burnett)
1991: United States (Wilson, Cannon, Irvin, Luke)
1993: United States (Jones, Payne, Lyles, Turner)
1995: United States (Hayden, Byrd, Morris, Maybank)
1997: United States (Terry, Wheeler, Davis, Woodward)
1999: United States (Berrian, Couts, Brew, Davis)
2001: United States (White, Gerding, Couts, Pierce)
2003: Ukraine (Demchenko, Zyukov, Horbenko, Tverdostup)
2005: Poland (Wieruszewski, Dąbrowski, Kędzia, Klimczak)
2007: Poland (Bańka, Klimczak, Kędzia, Dąbrowski)
2009: Australia (Troode, Cole, Thomas, Wroe, Watkins, Burstow)
2011: Russia (Sigalovsky, Buryak, Vazhov, Kruglyakov)
2013: Russia (Dyldin, Buryak, Kashefrazov, Krasnov)
2015: Dominican Republic (J. Santos, Cuesta, Mercedes, L. Santos)
2017: Dominican Republic (J. Santos, L. Charles, A. Charles, L. Santos)
2019: Mexico (Vega, Jiménez, Ramírez, Mendoza)
2021: Turkey (Çanakçi, Ençü, Akçam, Nezir)

v t e Big Ten Athlete of the Year
1980s	1982: Jim Spivey 1983: Ed Banach & Judi Brown 1984: Sunder Nix & Lisa Ishikawa 1985: Barry Davis & Cathy Branta 1986: Chuck Long & Stephanie Herbst 1987: Steve Alford & Jennifer Averill 1988: Jim Abbott & Suzy Favor 1989: Glen Rice & Suzy Favor
1990s	1990: Anthony Thompson & Suzy Favor 1991: Mike Barrowman & Julie Farrell-Ovenhouse / Joy Holmes 1992: Desmond Howard & MaChelle Joseph 1993: John Roethlisberger & Lara Hooiveld 1994: Glenn Robinson & Kristy Gleason 1995: Tom Dolan & Laura Davis 1996: Eddie George & Olga Kalinovskaya 1997: Blaine Wilson & Gretchen Hegener / Kathy Butler 1998: Charles Woodson & Sara Griffin 1999: Luke Donald & Stephanie White-McCarty
2000s	2000: Ron Dayne & Lauren Cacciamani 2001: Ryan Miller & Katie Douglas 2002: Jordan Leopold & Christie Welsh 2003: Amer Delić / Matt Lackey & Perdita Felicien 2004: Damion Hahn & Kelly Mazzante 2005: Luis Vargas & Jennie Ritter 2006: Peter V&erkaay & Tiffany Weimer 2007: Cole Konrad & Jessica Davenport 2008: Brent Metcalf & Hannah Nielsen 2009: Jake Herbert & María Hernández
2010s	2010: Evan Turner & Megan Hodge 2011: David Boudia & Shannon Smith 2012: Draymond Green & Christina Manning 2013: Derek Drouin & Am&a Kessel 2014: David Taylor & Daniella Hill 2015: Logan Stieber & Taylor Cummings 2016: Denzel Valentine & Rachel Banham 2017: Kyle Snyder & Lilly King 2018: Kyle Snyder & Lilly King 2019: Bo Nickal & Megan Gustafson
2020s	2020: Chase Young & Dana Rettke 2021: Luka Garza & Sarah Bacon 2022: Gable Steveson & Dana Rettke 2023: Zach Edey & Caitlin Clark 2024: Zach Edey & Caitlin Clark

v t e 1984 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1984 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Kirk Baptiste Ron Brown Tonie Campbell Don Clary Paul Cummings Brian Diemer Marco Evoniuk Greg Foster Sam Graddy Johnny Gray John Gregorek Danny Harris Tranel Hawkins Jim Heiring Thomas Jefferson Earl Jones Roger Kingdom Steve Lacy Carl Lewis Henry Marsh John Marshall Antonio McKay Walter McCoy Edwin Moses Sunder Nix Daniel O'Connor Vince O'Sullivan Doug Padilla Pete Pfitzinger Pat Porter Alberto Salazar Carl Schueler Steve Scott Calvin Smith Willie Smith Jim Spivey John Tuttle Craig Virgin
Men's field athletes	Duncan Atwood Willie Banks Earl Bell Tim Bright Ed Burke Art Burns Michael Carter Mike Conley Sr. John Crist Milton Goode Bill Green Al Joyner Dave Laut Carl Lewis Jud Logan Doug Lytle Mike McRae Larry Myricks Doug Nordquist Tom Petranoff John Powell Steve Roller Dwight Stones Mike Tully Mac Wilkins Augie Wolf Jim Wooding
Women's track and road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough Mary Decker Diane Dixon Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Kim Gallagher Randy Givens Florence Griffith Joyner Joan Hansen Denean Howard Sherri Howard Julie Isphording Missy Kane Lillie Leatherwood Pam Page Diana Richburg Kim Turner Angela Wright-Scott Ruth Wysocki
Women's field athletes	Jodi Anderson Carol Cady Laura De Snoo Leslie Deniz Cindy Greiner Lorna Griffin Joni Huntley Jackie Joyner Carol Lewis Ramona Pagel Louise Ritter Karin Smith Pam Spencer Lynda Sutfin Cathy Sulinski Angela Thacker
Coaches	—

v t e US National Championship winners in men's 400-meter dash
1876-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1876-77: Edward Merritt 1878: Frank Brown 1879-84: Lon Myers 1885: H. Mason Raborg 1886: John Robertson 1887: Harvey Banks 1888: Walter Dohm 1888: T.J. Mahoney 1889: Walter Dohm 1890-92: William Downs 1893: Edward Allen 1894: Tom Keane 1895-97: Thomas Burke 1898-1900: Maxie Long 1901: Howard Hayes 1902: Fay Moulton 1903: Harry Hillman 1904: D.H. Meyer 1905-06: Frank Waller 1907: John Taylor 1908: Harry Hillman 1909: Edward Lindberg 1910: William Hayes 1911: Edward Lindberg 1912: Thomas Halpin 1913: Carroll Haff 1914-15: Ted Meredith 1916: Thomas Halpin 1917: Frank Shea 1918: Cornelius Shaughnessy 1919-20: Frank Shea 1921: William Stevenson 1922: James Driscoll 1923: Horatio Fitch 1924: James Burgess 1925: Cecil Cooke 1926: Ken Kennedy 1927: Hermon Phillips 1928: Ray Barbuti 1929: Reggie Bowen 1930-31: Vic Williams 1932: Bill Carr 1933-34: Ivan Fuqua 1935: Eddie O'Brien 1936: Harold Smallwood 1937-38: Ray Malott 1939: Erwin Miller 1940-41: Grover Klemmer 1942-43: Cliff Bourland 1944: Elmore Harris 1945: Herb McKenley (JAM) * James Herbert 1946: Elmore Harris 1947: Herb McKenley (JAM) * Dave Bolen 1948: Herb McKenley (JAM) * Mal Whitfield 1949: George Rhoden (JAM) * Hugh Maiocco (3) 1950: George Rhoden (JAM) * Tom Cox (3) 1951: George Rhoden (JAM) * Dick Maiocco (3) 1952: Mal Whitfield 1953: Jesse Mashburn 1954: Jim Lea 1955: Charles Jenkins 1956: Tom Courtney 1957: Reggie Pearman 1958-59: Eddie Southern 1960-61: Otis Davis 1962-63: Ulis Williams 1964: Mike Larrabee 1965: Ollan Cassell 1966-69: Lee Evans 1970-71: John Smith 1972: Lee Evans 1973-74: Maurice Peoples 1975: Dave Jenkins (GBR) * Fred Newhouse 1976: Maxie Parks 1977: Robert Taylor 1978: Maxie Parks 1979: Willie Smith
1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Willie Smith 1981-82: Cliff Wiley 1983: Sunder Nix 1984-85: Mark Rowe 1986: Darrell Robinson 1987: Butch Reynolds 1988: Tim Simon 1989: Antonio Pettigrew 1990: Steve Lewis 1991: Antonio Pettigrew 1992^OT: Danny Everett
1992 onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Michael Johnson 1994: Antonio Pettigrew 1995-96^OT: Michael Johnson 1997: Antonio Pettigrew 1998-99: Jerome Young 2000^OT: Michael Johnson 2001: Derrick Brew 2002: Angelo Taylor 2003: Tyree Washington 2004^OT-05: Jeremy Wariner 2006: Andrew Rock 2007: Angelo Taylor 2008^OT-09: LaShawn Merritt 2010: Greg Nixon 2011: Tony McQuay 2012^OT-13: LaShawn Merritt 2014: Gil Roberts 2015: David Verburg 2016^OT: LaShawn Merritt 2017: Fred Kerley 2018: Kahmari Montgomery 2019: Fred Kerley 2021^{2020 OT}-22: Michael Norman 2023: Bryce Deadmon
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.