The Boat Race 2004
| 150th Boat Race | |||
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| Date | 28 March 2004 | ||
| Winner | Cambridge | ||
| Margin of victory | 6 lengths | ||
| Winning time | 18 minutes 47 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
78–71 | ||
| Umpire | James Behrens (Cambridge) |
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| Other races | |||
| Reserve winner | Isis | ||
| Women's winner | Oxford | ||
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The 150th Boat Race took place on 28 March 2004. Cambridge won by six lengths after a race with several clashes of oars. Oxford's appeal for a re-row upon the conclusion of the race was rejected by umpire James Behrens. The event was sponsored for the final time by Aberdeen Asset Management and broadcast in the United Kingdom by the BBC.
In the reserve race Isis beat Goldie; Oxford also won the Women's Boat Race.
The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. First held in 1829, the competition is a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) race along the 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 worldwide. Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 2003 race by 1 foot (0.30 m), with Cambridge leading overall with 77 victories to Oxford's 71 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877). The race was sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management for the fifth and final time. It was also the BBC's 50th anniversary of live broadcast of the event.
The first Women's Boat Race took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. 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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