The Women’s Boat Race

E182576

annual sporting event rowing race university sports rivalry

The Women’s Boat Race is an annual rowing race between the women’s crews of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, held on the River Thames as a counterpart to the historic men’s Boat Race.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Women’s Boat Race canonical	2
Women’s Boat Race	2
The Women’s Boat Race on the Tideway	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1579239 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Women’s Boat Race
Context triple: [The Boat Race, hasRelatedEvent, The Women’s Boat Race]

A. The Boat Race
The Boat Race is an annual rowing competition on the River Thames between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, and one of the oldest and most famous amateur sporting events in the world.
B. Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta is a historic and prestigious annual rowing event held on the River Thames in England, attracting elite crews from around the world.
C. Harvard–Yale Regatta
The Harvard–Yale Regatta is the oldest intercollegiate sporting event in the United States, featuring an annual rowing race between the Harvard and Yale university crews on the Thames River in Connecticut.
D. Head of the Charles Regatta
The Head of the Charles Regatta is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious annual rowing races, attracting thousands of competitors and spectators to Boston and Cambridge each October.
E. Oxford University Boat Race training and preparation base
The Oxford University Boat Race training and preparation base is the dedicated facility where Oxford’s rowing crews train, strategize, and condition for their annual Boat Race against Cambridge.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Women’s Boat Race
Target entity description: The Women’s Boat Race is an annual rowing race between the women’s crews of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, held on the River Thames as a counterpart to the historic men’s Boat Race.

A. The Boat Race
The Boat Race is an annual rowing competition on the River Thames between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, and one of the oldest and most famous amateur sporting events in the world.
B. Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta is a historic and prestigious annual rowing event held on the River Thames in England, attracting elite crews from around the world.
C. Harvard–Yale Regatta
The Harvard–Yale Regatta is the oldest intercollegiate sporting event in the United States, featuring an annual rowing race between the Harvard and Yale university crews on the Thames River in Connecticut.
D. Head of the Charles Regatta
The Head of the Charles Regatta is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious annual rowing races, attracting thousands of competitors and spectators to Boston and Cambridge each October.
E. Oxford University Boat Race training and preparation base
The Oxford University Boat Race training and preparation base is the dedicated facility where Oxford’s rowing crews train, strategize, and condition for their annual Boat Race against Cambridge.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual sporting event ⓘ rowing race ⓘ university sports rivalry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Women’s Boat Race ⓘ surface form: The Women’s Boat Race on the Tideway
associatedEvent	The Boat Race ⓘ The Lightweight Boat Races ⓘ
boatClass	coxed eight ⓘ
broadcastOn	BBC Radio ⓘ BBC television services ⓘ surface form: BBC Television
city	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
competitionType	intercollegiate rowing competition ⓘ
counterpartOf	The Boat Race ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
course	Championship Course ⓘ
courseFinish	Mortlake ⓘ
courseStart	Putney ⓘ
crewType	eights ⓘ
featuresTeam	University of Oxford ⓘ surface form: Oxford University Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
firstHeldBetween	University of Oxford ⓘ surface form: Oxford University Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	women ⓘ
governingBody	British Rowing ⓘ
hasCategory	Recurring sporting events established in 1927 ⓘ Rowing competitions in London ⓘ University rowing in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasMainRivalry	Oxford–Cambridge rivalry ⓘ
inception	1927 ⓘ
locatedOn	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames
movedToTideway	2015 ⓘ
notableChange	raced on same course and day as men’s Boat Race from 2015 ⓘ
notableSponsor	Bank of New York ⓘ surface form: BNY Mellon Newton Investment Management ⓘ
organisedBy	The Boat Race Company Limited ⓘ
participant	Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club ⓘ Oxford University Women’s Boat Club ⓘ
previousCourse	Henley Boat Races course ⓘ
previousLocation	Henley-on-Thames ⓘ
raceDistance	4.2 miles ⓘ 6.8 kilometres ⓘ
sponsor	various commercial sponsors over time ⓘ
sport	rowing ⓘ
typicalDate	late March or early April ⓘ
website	https://www.theboatrace.org/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Boat Race → hasRelatedEvent → The Women’s Boat Race ⓘ

Championship Course → usedFor → The Women’s Boat Race ⓘ

The Women’s Boat Race → alsoKnownAs → The Women’s Boat Race ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Women’s Boat Race on the Tideway

Oxford and Cambridge rowing clubs → participatesIn → The Women’s Boat Race ⓘ

subject surface form: Oxford University Women’s Boat Club

this entity surface form: Women’s Boat Race