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| Oxford–Cambridge boat race first held (year) |
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1829 | |
| Venue for the first race |
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Henley–on–Thames | |
| Stretch of the Thames from the upper Estuary to Teddington Locks, on which the race has always been held except on the very first occasion |
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The Tideway | |
Course used from 1836 to 1842
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From |
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Westminster |
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Putney | |
| Present course first used |
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1845 | |
| Became an annual event |
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1856 | |
| Ended in a dead heat |
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1877 | |
| Both boats sank (race re–run next day) |
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1912 | |
| The first Boat Race had to be restarted because |
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The boats collided | |
| Closest finish (2003): Oxford won by |
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One foot | |
| Start of the course |
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Putney | |
| End of the course |
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Mortlake | |
| Length of the course |
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4 miles 374 yards | |
| Course record set by Cambridge in 1998 |
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16 minutes 19 seconds |
| Bridges that the course passes under |
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Hammersmith | |
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Barnes | ||
| Women's race first held |
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1927 | |
| The women's race has been held annually since |
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1946 | |
| First woman to take part in the men's race (Oxford, 1981 and 1982) |
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Sue Brown | |
| Both crews coxed by women |
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1989 | |
| Men's reserve eights | Oxford |
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Isis |
| Cambridge |
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Goldie | |
| Women's reserve eights | Oxford |
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Osiris |
| Cambridge |
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Blondie | |
| Oxford blue and son of a famous artist; coached Oxford to 10 successive wins, 1976–85 |
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Dan Topolski | |
| Comic actor and comedian who rowed for Cambridge in 1980 |
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Hugh Laurie | |
| Rowed in 6 winning crews for Oxford, 1978–83, giving rise to (and reluctantly giving his name to) a rule limiting the number of times a rower can compete |
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Boris Rankov | |
| Former England rubgy union international, first reserve for Cambridge in 1998 when aged 50 |
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Andy Ripley | |
| Interrupted the boat race in 2012 by swimming into the path of the boats
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Trenton Oldfield | |
| The 2021 race (during the COVID–19 pandemic) took place on (river) at or near (city) | River |
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Great Ouse |
| City |
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Ely | |
| Henley Regatta first held |
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1839 |
| Club that stages Henley Regatta |
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Leander |
| Contested at Henley since 1884, regarded as the 'Blue Riband' of amateur sculling |
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Diamond Challenge Sculls |
| Henley's oldest race (dating back to the first regatta in 1839): the world's premier open event for eights |
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Grand Challenge Cup |
| Race contested by up to six apprentice Thames watermen, annually since 1715 – one of the
world's oldest sporting trophies |
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Doggett's Coat & Badge |
| Purpose–built rowing lake developed by Eton School: opened in 2006, and used in the 2012 Olympics
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Dorney Lake |
| Name given to oarsman No. 8: nearest to the cox and the stern, in view of all the other rowers; sets the rate and rhythm for the rest of the crew |
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Stroke |
| Length of a 'canvas' (previously 5 feet) |
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4 feet |
| Length of the Olympic (and World Championship) rowing course
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2000m |
| Steve Redgrave's first coxless pairs partner, before Matthew Pinsent (including the 1988 Olympics when they won gold) |
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Andy Holmes |
| Moved to the UK from East Germany to coach the Leander club, following the reunification of Germany in 1991; coached gold medal winners at every Olympics from 1972 to (2012), including Steve Redgrave |
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Jürgen Gröbler |
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