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.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Boat Race	2
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race	2
The University Boat Race	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual sporting event ⓘ rowing race ⓘ university sporting rivalry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Boat Race ⓘ surface form: Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race The Boat Race ⓘ surface form: The University Boat Race
boatClass	eights ⓘ
broadcastIn	United Kingdom ⓘ
broadcastOn	television ⓘ
competitionBetween	Cambridge, England ⓘ surface form: 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, England ⓘ surface form: London
location	Thames ⓘ surface form: 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)

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

The Boat Race → alsoKnownAs → The Boat Race ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

The Boat Race → alsoKnownAs → The Boat Race ⓘ

this entity surface form: The University Boat Race

Thames → hasEvent → The Boat Race ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

University of Oxford → hasSportingEvent → The Boat Race ⓘ

James Cracknell → hasWon → The Boat Race ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boat Race

Oxford blue → notableIn → The Boat Race ⓘ

James Cracknell → participantIn → The Boat Race ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boat Race