The Boat Race 1986

132nd Boat Race
Date29 March 1986 (1986-03-29)
WinnerCambridge
Margin of victory7 lengths
Winning time17 minutes 58 seconds
Overall record
(Cambridge–Oxford)
69–62
UmpireMike Sweeney
(Cambridge)
Other races
Reserve winnerIsis
Women's winnerOxford

The 132nd Boat Race took place on 29 March 1986. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Cambridge won by seven lengths and took their first victory in eleven years, in one of the fastest winning times in the history of the event. Isis won the reserve race, while Oxford were victorious in the Women's Boat Race.


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