The Boat Race 2018

The Boat Race 2018
The men's trophy
Date	24 March 2018
Men's race
Winner	Cambridge
Margin of victory	3 lengths
Winning time	17 minutes 51 seconds
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford)	83–80
Umpire	John Garrett
Women's race
Winner	Cambridge
Margin of victory	7 lengths
Winning time	19 minutes 6 seconds
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford)	43–30
Umpire	Matthew Pinsent
Reserves' races
Men's winners	Goldie
Women's winners	Blondie
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The Boat Race 2018 (also known as The Cancer Research UK Boat Race for the purposes of sponsorship) took place on 24 March 2018. Held annually, The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. For the third time in the history of the event, the men's, women's and both reserves' races were all held on the Tideway on the same day.

The women's race was the first event of the day, and saw Cambridge lead from the start, eventually winning by a considerable margin to record their second consecutive victory, and taking the overall record in the Women's Boat Race to 43–30 in their favour. The men's race was the final event of the day and completed a whitewash as Cambridge won, their second victory in three years, and taking the overall record to 83–80 in their favour. In the women's reserve race, Cambridge's Blondie defeated Oxford's Osiris by nine lengths, their third consecutive victory. The men's reserve race was won by Cambridge's Goldie who defeated Oxford's Isis by a margin of four lengths.

The races were watched by around a quarter of a million spectators live,^{[citation needed]} and were broadcast around the world by a variety of broadcasters. The two main races were also available for the second time as a live stream using YouTube.