The Boat Races 2017
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Oxford leading Cambridge as they come round the last bend to approach the finish
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| Date | 2 April 2017 | ||
| Men's race | |||
| Winner | Oxford | ||
| Margin of victory | 1¼ lengths | ||
| Winning time | 16 minutes 59 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
82–80 | ||
| Umpire | Matthew Pinsent | ||
| Women's race | |||
| Winner | Cambridge | ||
| Margin of victory | 11 lengths | ||
| Winning time | 18 minutes 34 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
42–30 | ||
| Umpire | Sarah Winckless | ||
| Reserves' races | |||
| Men's winners | Isis | ||
| Women's winners | Blondie | ||
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The Boat Races 2017 (also known as The Cancer Research UK Boat Races for the purposes of sponsorship) took place on 2 April 2017. Held annually, The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. For the second time in the history of the event, the men's, women's and both reserves' races were all held on the Tideway on the same day.
In the men's reserve race, Cambridge's Goldie were beaten by Oxford's Isis, their seventh consecutive defeat. In the women's reserve race, Cambridge's Blondie defeated Oxford's Osiris, their second consecutive victory. In the women's race, Cambridge won by a large margin following a disastrous start by the Oxford boat. Their second win in the past ten years, it took Cambridge's advantage in the overall standings to 42–30. The Oxford men's boat won their race after leading from the start, their fourth victory in five years and taking the overall record in the event to 82–80 in Cambridge's favour.
The races were watched by around a quarter of a million spectators live, and were broadcast around the world by a variety of broadcasters. The two main races were also available for the first time as a live stream using YouTube.
The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues"). First held in 1829, the race takes place on the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course, between Putney and Mortlake on the River Thames in south-west London. The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities; it is followed throughout the United Kingdom and broadcast worldwide. Cambridge went into the race as champions, having won the 2016 race by a margin of two and a half lengths, and leading overall with 82 victories to Oxford's 79 (excluding the 1877 race, officially a dead heat though claimed as a victory by the Oxford crew).
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