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American sprinter
Sunder Lamont Nix (born December 2, 1961, in Birmingham, Alabama ) is a former American track and field athlete and He was an Olympic gold medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the men's 4 × 400 m relay for the United States .[ 2]
As the world's best in the 400-meter race in 1982, Sunder Nix set a personal best of 44.68 seconds, improving his previous best by almost a second. In 1983, he narrowly qualified for the final at the first World Championships . In the final, he was far behind entering the home stretch, but he managed to pull away and win the bronze medal in 45.24 seconds. In the final of the 4 x 400-meter relay, Sunder Nix handed over to Willie Smith as the second runner, who then fell, so the relay team "only" finished sixth.
In 2013 competed at the Masters National Outdoor Track & Field Championship.[ 3] [ 4]
Nix was an NCAA champion for the Indiana Hoosiers track and field team in 1983.[ 5]
Medley 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 )
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 )
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Qualification Men's track and road athletes Men's field athletes Women's track and road athletes Women's field athletes Coaches —
1876-1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980-1992The Athletics Congress 1992 onwardsUSA Track & Field 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 .