The Boat Race 2013
| 159th Boat Race | |||
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| Date | 31 March 2013 | ||
| Winner | Oxford | ||
| Margin of victory | 1 and 1/2 lengths | ||
| Winning time | 17 minutes 27 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
81–77 | ||
| Umpire |
Matthew Pinsent (Oxford) |
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| Other races | |||
| Reserve winner | Isis | ||
| Women's winner | Oxford | ||
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The 159th Boat Race between crews from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge took place on 31 March 2013. 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 Cambridge crew featured the first rower from the Czech Republic to compete in the event. Umpired by former Olympic medallist and former Oxford rower Matthew Pinsent, Oxford won by a margin of one-and-a-half lengths in a time of 17 minutes and 27 seconds.
In the reserve race, Oxford's Isis defeated Cambridge's Goldie, and Oxford 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 disrupted 2012 race by four-and-a-quarter lengths, and led overall with 81 victories to Oxford's 76, with one "dead heat". The race was sponsored for the second consecutive year by BNY Mellon.
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