The Boat Race 1928

80th Boat Race
Date28 March 1928 (1928-03-28)
WinnerCambridge
Margin of victory10 lengths
Winning time20 minutes 25 seconds
Overall record
(Cambridge–Oxford)
39–40
UmpireCharles Burnell
(Oxford)

The 80th Boat Race took place on 28 March 1928. 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. In a race umpired by former Oxford rower Charles Burnell, Cambridge won by ten lengths, the largest margin of victory since 1900, in a time of 20 minutes 25 seconds. The victory took the overall record to 40–39 in Oxford's favour.