ɪnðə fˈaɪnəl ðə bɹˈɪɾɪʃ tˈiːm ɹˈæn fˈoːɹɾi wˈʌn.θɹˈiː sˈɛkəndz, ænd kˈeɪm ɪn sˈɛkənd bᵻhˌaɪnd ðɪ ɐmˈɛɹɪkənz, bˌʌt əfˈɪʃəlz θˈɔːt ðætðə bɐtˈɑːn tʃˈeɪndʒoʊvɚ bᵻtwˌiːn bˈɑːɹni jˈuːɛl ænd lɔːɹˈɛnzoʊ ɹˈaɪt ʌvðə jˌuːˌɛsˈeɪ wʌz aʊtsˈaɪd ðə bˈɑːks, ænd dɪskwˈɑːlᵻfˌaɪd ðˌɛm, bᵻfˌoːɹ ɹˌiːɪnstˈeɪɾɪŋ ðˌɛm tˈuː dˈeɪz lˈeɪɾɚɹ ˈæftɚ bˌiːɪŋ pɹɪzˈɛntᵻd wɪð vˈɪdɪoʊ ˈɛvɪdəns tə ðə kˈɑːntɹɛɹi, dᵻmˈoʊɾɪŋ ðə bɹˈɪtənz bˈæk tə sˈɛkənd plˈeɪs ænd ɐ sˈɪlvɚ mˈɛdəl.
In the final the British team ran 41.3 seconds, and came in second behind the Americans, but officials thought that the baton changeover between Barney Ewell and Lorenzo Wright of the USA was outside the box, and disqualified them, before reinstating them two days later after being presented with video evidence to the contrary, demoting the Britons back to second place and a silver medal.