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English: Course of Boat Race, using the landmarks contributed by User:TrulyBlue. All text converted to outlines/paths. The map is to show the general shape of the river and the relative location of the various landmarks. For clarity at lower resolution, this map exaggerates the navigable width of the river.
For the women's senior boat clubs race see "The Women's Boat Race". As of 2015 the race takes place on the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course, between Putney and Mortlake on the Thames in south-west London. [3] The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities; it is followed throughout the United Kingdom and broadcast ...
The course, which is 4 miles and 374 yards (6,779 m) from Putney to Mortlake [2] as measured along the centre of the river, is used for rowing races including the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, Women's Boat Race, Lightweight Boat Races, Head of the River Race and other races. The finishing, western stone, is mirrored by a pyramid-topped post ...
The Boat Race 2024 was a series of side-by-side rowing races in London which took place on 30 March 2024. Held annually, The Boat Race is contested between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge , usually along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames , known as the Tideway, in south-west London.
The Championship Course is a stretch of the River Thames between Mortlake and Putney in London, England. It is a well-established course for rowing races, particularly the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. The course is on the tidal reaches of the river often referred to as the Tideway. Due to the iconic shape of the Championship Course, in ...
The Harvard–Yale Regatta or Yale-Harvard Boat Race (often abbreviated The Race) is an annual rowing race between the men's heavyweight rowing crews of Harvard University and Yale University. First contested in 1852, it has been held annually since 1859 with exceptions during major wars fought by the United States and the COVID-19 pandemic .
The 79th Boat Race took place on 2 April 1927. 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 . Oxford's crew was marginally heavier than their opponents, and saw five participants return with Boat Race experience, compared to Cambridge's four.
The 2021 course started at the stone marking the end of that wartime race, and proceeded along a 4,890 m (5,350 yd) course, from the Queen Adelaide Bridge towards Littleport. [10] Only the main men's and women's races were scheduled to take place on the same day — the women's race around 3:50 p.m. and the men's an hour later. [ 11 ]