The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race

A unique collegiate sports experience is the annual Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race held each spring on the Thames in London. Fashioned after the original Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race held at Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire in 1829, the tradition continues today and draws almost 250,000 spectators crowded along the banks of the Thames. Members of both teams are traditionally known as "blues" and each boat as a "Blue Boat". Cambridge is light blue and Oxford is dark blue.

The race takes place over a 4-mile course, starting at the Putney Bridge in Fulham running upstream on the Thames and finishing just a few yards downstream from Chiswick Road Bridge. The entire race takes approximately 17 minutes from start to finish. Cambridge currently holds the record of most wins with 79 while Oxford has 75. Oxford has won the race for the last two years.