The 139th Boat Race took place on 27 March 1993. It is a side-by-side rowing race between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Cambridge used cleaver blades for the first time in the history of the race. The contest was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races.
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The 139th Boat Race took place on 27 March 1993. It is a side-by-side rowing race between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Cambridge used cleaver blades for the first time in the history of the race. The race was umpired by the former Oxford Blue Mark Evans. In the reserve race, Cambridge’s Goldie defeated Oxford’s Isis, while Cambridge won the Women’s Boat Race. Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1992 race by 1 1⁄4 lengths, with Cambridge leading overall with 69 victories to Oxford’s 68. Oxford had won 16 of the previous 17 races, a run interrupted by Cambridge’s seven-length victory in the 1986 race. Oxford’s crew featured two Olympic gold medallists and saw changes in their rowers and cox in the lead-up to the event. Cambridge’s crew features three returning Blues in Dirk Bangert, David Gillard and James Behs, while five former Boat Race rowers return.
Overall, half of the rowers were post-graders and the same number were non-British undergraduates. The winning time of 17 minutes exactly was the fourth-fastest in the event, with Oxford finishing in a time of 18 minutes and 17 seconds. The contest was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races, but as of the 2015 race, it is held on the River Thames, on the same day as the men’s main and reserve races. The reserve race has been held since 1965. It usually takes place on the Tideway, prior to the main Boat Race, but it is now held in the same place as the main race. Until 2014, the contest was held in Henley, but the women’s race was held at St James’ Park. The Women’s race took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s.
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