The Boat Race 1860
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The 17th Boat Race took place on 31 March 1860. 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. It was the first time in the history of the event that the race had to be restarted as a result of an obstruction. Cambridge won the event by one length, in the slowest time ever.
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17th Boat Race | |||
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Date | 31 March 1860 (1860-03-31) | ||
Winner | Cambridge | ||
Margin of victory | 1 length | ||
Winning time | 26 minutes 5 seconds | ||
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) | 10–7 | ||
Umpire | Joseph William Chitty (Oxford) | ||
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