The Boat Race 1984
| 130th Boat Race | |||
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| Date | 18 March 1984 | ||
| Winner | Oxford | ||
| Margin of victory | 3 and 3/4 lengths | ||
| Winning time | 16 minutes 45 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
68–61 | ||
| Umpire | Mike Sweeney (Cambridge) |
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| Other races | |||
| Reserve winner | Goldie | ||
| Women's winner | Cambridge | ||
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The 130th Boat Race took place on 18 March 1984. Held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. The race was originally scheduled to take place the day before but the Cambridge boat struck a barge before the start and the race was postponed until the following day, making it the first Boat Race to be held on a Sunday. Oxford won by three-and-three-quarter lengths and both crews beat the existing course record.
Cambridge's Goldie won the reserve race, while Cambridge were victorious in the Women's Boat Race.
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 on the River Thames in southwest London. The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities and followed throughout the United Kingdom and broadcast worldwide. Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having beaten Cambridge by three-and-a-quarter lengths in the previous year's race. However Cambridge held the overall lead, with 68 victories to Oxford's 60.
Originally scheduled to take place on Saturday 17 March, the Cambridge cox, Peter Hobson, steered their boat into a moored barge during the warmup, destroying the bow. The crew paddled to the side of the river where most were able to disembark, but some were forced to swim to safety. The race was postponed to the following day where Cambridge competed in a boat borrowed from the Amateur Rowing Association. It was the first Boat Race to be held on a Sunday in the history of the competition. The disagreement over the inclusion of Boris Rankov in Oxford's crew for the sixth time in the previous year's race had not been resolved. Rankov, however, had left the university after completing his studies so the dispute would have no impact on this year's race.
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