The Boat Race

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annual sporting event rowing race university sporting rivalry

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.

Aliases (3)

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