Question: Who was the first European to see the country that was the silver medalist in the most recent men 's indoor world champs 4x400m race ?

text: 4 × 400 metres relay
World Indoor Championships medalists -- Men

The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 metres is run in lanes. Start lines are thus staggered over a greater distance than in an individual 400 metres race; the runners then typically move to the inside of the track. The slightly longer 4 × 440 yards relay was a formerly run British and American event, until metrication was completed in the 1970s. Relay race runners typically carry a relay baton which they must transfer between teammates. Runners have a 20 m box (usually marked with blue lines) in which to transfer the baton. The first transfer is made within the staggered lane lines; for the second and third transfers, runners typically line up across the track despite the fact that runners are usually running in line on the inside of the track. This prevents confusion and collisions during transfer. Unlike the 4 × 100 m relay, runners in the 4 × 400 typically look back and grasp the baton from the incoming runner, due to the fatigue of the incoming runner, and the wider margins allowed by the longer distance of the race. Consequently, disqualification is rare. As runners have a running start, split times cannot be compared to individual 400 m performances.
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1991 Seville details Germany Rico Lieder Jens Carlowitz Karsten Just Thomas Schönlebe United States Raymond Pierre Charles Jenkins Jr. Andrew Valmon Antonio McKay Clifton Campbell * Willie Smith * Italy Marco Vaccari Vito Petrella Alessandro Aimar Andrea Nuti
1993 Toronto details United States Darnell Hall Brian Irvin Jason Rouser Mark Everett Trinidad and Tobago Daziel Jules Alvin Daniel Neil de Silva Ian Morris Japan Masayoshi Kan Seiji Inagaki Yoshihiko Saito Hiroyuki Hayashi
1995 Barcelona details United States Rod Tolbert Calvin Davis Tod Long Frankie Atwater Italy Fabio Grossi Andrea Nuti Roberto Mazzoleni Ashraf Saber Japan Masayoshi Kan Seiji Inagaki Tomonari Ono Hiroyuki Hayashi
1997 Paris details United States Jason Rouser Mark Everett Sean Maye Deon Minor Jamaica Linval Laird Michael McDonald Dinsdale Morgan Greg Haughton Garth Robinson * France Pierre-Marie Hilaire Rodrigue Nordin Loic Lerouge Fred Mango
1999 Maebashi details United States Andre Morris Dameon Johnson Deon Minor Milton Campbell Khadevis Robinson * Poland Piotr Haczek Jacek Bocian Piotr Rysiukiewicz Robert Maćkowiak Great Britain and N.I . Allyn Condon Solomon Wariso Adrian Patrick Jamie Baulch Sean Baldock *
2001 Lisbon details Poland Piotr Rysiukiewicz Piotr Haczek Jacek Bocian Robert Maćkowiak Russia Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov Ruslan Mashchenko Boris Gorban Andrey Semyonov Dmitry Forshev * Jamaica Michael McDonald Davian Clarke Michael Blackwood Danny McFarlane Greg Haughton *
2003 Birmingham details Jamaica Leroy Colquhoun Danny McFarlane Michael Blackwood Davian Clarke Kemel Thompson * Great Britain and N.I . Jamie Baulch Timothy Benjamin Cori Henry Daniel Caines Mark Hylton * Jared Deacon * Poland Rafał Wieruszewski Grzegorz Zajączkowski Marcin Marciniszyn Marek Plawgo Artur Gąsiewski * Piotr Rysiukiewicz *
2004 Budapest details Jamaica Greg Haughton Leroy Colquhoun Michael McDonald Davian Clarke Richard James * Sanjay Ayre * Russia Boris Gorban Dmitry Forshev Andrey Rudnitskiy Aleksandr Usov Ireland Robert Daly Gary Ryan David Gillick David McCarthy
2006 Moscow details United States Tyree Washington LaShawn Merritt Milton Campbell Wallace Spearmon James Davis * O.J . Hogans * Poland Daniel Dąbrowski Marcin Marciniszyn Rafał Wieruszewski Piotr Klimczak Paweł Ptak * Piotr Kędzia * Russia Konstantin Svechkar Aleksandr Derevyagin Yevgeniy Lebedev Dmitry Petrov Andrey Polukeyev *
2008 Valencia details United States James Davis Jamaal Torrance Greg Nixon Kelly Willie Joel Stallworth * Jamaica Michael Blackwood Edino Steele Adrian Findlay DeWayne Barrett Aldwyn Sappleton * Dominican Republic Arismendy Peguero Carlos Santa Pedro Mejía Yoel Tapia
2010 Doha details United States Jamaal Torrance Greg Nixon Tavaris Tate Bershawn Jackson LeJerald Betters * Kerron Clement * Belgium Cédric Van Branteghem Kevin Borlée Antoine Gillet Jonathan Borlée Nils Duerinck * Great Britain and N.I . Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Chris Clarke Richard Buck Luke Lennon-Ford *
2012 Istanbul details United States Frankie Wright Calvin Smith Jr. Manteo Mitchell Gil Roberts Jamaal Torrance * Quentin Iglehart-Summers * Great Britain and N.I . Conrad Williams Nigel Levine Michael Bingham Richard Buck Luke Lennon-Ford * Trinidad and Tobago Lalonde Gordon Renny Quow Jereem Richards Jarrin Solomon
2014 Sopot details United States Kyle Clemons David Verburg Kind Butler III Calvin Smith Jr. Clayton Parros * Ricky Babineaux * Great Britain and N.I . Conrad Williams Jamie Bowie Luke Lennon-Ford Nigel Levine Michael Bingham * Jamaica Errol Nolan Allodin Fothergill Akheem Gauntlett Edino Steele Dane Hyatt * Jermaine Brown *
2016 Portland details United States Kyle Clemons Calvin Smith Jr. Christopher Giesting Vernon Norwood Elvyonn Bailey * Patrick Feeney * Bahamas Michael Mathieu Alonzo Russell Shavez Hart Chris Brown Ashley Riley * Trinidad and Tobago Jarrin Solomon Lalonde Gordon Ade Alleyne-Forte Deon Lendore Rondel Sorrillo * Machel Cedenio *