The Boat Race 1999
| 145th Boat Race | |||
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| Date | 3 April 1999 | ||
| Winner | Cambridge | ||
| Margin of victory | 3 and 1/2 lengths | ||
| Winning time | 16 minutes 19 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
76–68 | ||
| Umpire |
Mark Evans (Oxford) |
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| Other races | |||
| Reserve winner | Goldie | ||
| Women's winner | Cambridge | ||
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The 145th Boat Race took place on 3 April 1999. 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 the race in the second-fastest time ever. It was their seventh consecutive victory in the event.
In the reserve race, Cambridge's Goldie defeated Oxford's Isis in the fastest time ever, while Cambridge won 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. Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1998 race by three lengths, with Cambridge leading overall with 75 victories to Oxford's 68 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).
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.
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