The Boat Race 2007

153rd Boat Race
Date	7 April 2007 (2007-04-07)
Winner	Cambridge
Margin of victory	1 and 1/4 lengths
Winning time	17 minutes 49 seconds
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford)	79–73
Other races
Reserve winner	Goldie
Women's winner	Cambridge
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The 153rd Boat Race took place on 7 April 2007, and featured the most non-British rowers in the history of the event. 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. The Cambridge crew were considerably heavier than their opponents. Oxford won the toss but Cambridge won the race by one-and-a-quarter lengths in a time of 17 minutes 49 seconds.

In the reserve race Goldie beat Isis and 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 miles (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 won the 2006 race by five lengths, although Cambridge led overall with 78 victories to Oxford's 73 (excluding the dead heat of 1877). The race was sponsored by Xchanging for the third time.

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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