125th Boat Race | |||
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Date | 17 March 1979 | ||
Winner | Oxford | ||
Margin of victory | 3 1/2 lengths | ||
Winning time | 20 minutes 33 seconds | ||
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) | 68–56 | ||
Umpire | Ronnie Howard (Oxford) | ||
Other races | |||
Reserve winner | Goldie | ||
Women's winner | Cambridge | ||
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The 125th Boat Race took place on 17 March 1979. Held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. The 150th anniversary race was won by Oxford by 3+1⁄2 lengths. For the first time in 50 years, neither crew featured foreign rowers, while Cambridge's stroke was replaced just hours before the race. Goldie won the reserve race in the slowest time in the history of the race while Cambridge won the Women's Boat Race.