The Boat Race 1986
| 132nd Boat Race | |||
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| Date | 29 March 1986 | ||
| Winner | Cambridge | ||
| Margin of victory | 7 lengths | ||
| Winning time | 17 minutes 58 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
69–62 | ||
| Umpire | Mike Sweeney (Cambridge) |
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| Other races | |||
| Reserve winner | Isis | ||
| Women's winner | Oxford | ||
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The 132nd Boat Race took place on 29 March 1986. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Cambridge won by seven lengths and took their first victory in eleven years, in one of the fastest winning times in the history of the event. Cambridge was coxed for the first time by a woman, Carole Burton. Isis won the reserve race, while Oxford 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 four-and-three-quarter lengths in the previous year's race. However Cambridge held the overall lead, with 68 victories to Oxford's 62, despite Oxford having won the previous ten races.
The first Women's Boat Race took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. Up until 2014, the contest was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races, but as of the 2015 race, it is held on the River Thames, on the same day as the men's main and reserve races. The reserve race, contested between Oxford's Isis boat and Cambridge's Goldie boat has been held since 1965. It usually takes place on the Tideway, prior to the main Boat Race.
The race was sponsored by Ladbrokes for the tenth consecutive year, estimated to be worth about £30,000 to each boat club, and was umpired by former Cambridge rower Mike Sweeney.
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