The Boat Race

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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.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf annual sporting event
rowing race
university sporting rivalry
alsoKnownAs Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
The University Boat Race
boatClass eights
broadcastIn United Kingdom
broadcastOn television
competitionBetween Cambridge
Oxford
country United Kingdom
courseEndPoint Mortlake
courseName Championship Course
courseStartPoint Putney
crewSize 1 coxswain
8 rowers
founder Charles Merivale
Charles Wordsworth
frequency annual
gender men
governingBody The Boat Race Company Limited
hasCategory Annual sporting events in London
Rowing competitions in the United Kingdom
University sports in the United Kingdom
hasFeature eight-oared shells with coxswain
hasRelatedEvent The Women’s Boat Race
hasRivalryName Oxbridge rowing rivalry
inception 1829
isAmateur true
isOneOf most famous amateur sporting events in the world
oldest rowing races in the world
locatedIn London
location River Thames
organisedBy Cambridge University Boat Club
Oxford University Boat Club
participants University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
University of Oxford NERFINISHED
raceDistance 4.2 miles
6.8 kilometres
river Thames
sport rowing
team Cambridge University Boat Club
Oxford University Boat Club
typicalMonthHeld April
March

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
The Boat Race ("Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race")
The Boat Race ("The University Boat Race")
alsoKnownAs
Thames ("Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race")
hasEvent
University of Oxford
hasSportingEvent
James Cracknell ("Boat Race")
hasWon
Oxford blue
notableIn
James Cracknell ("Boat Race")
participantIn

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