152nd Boat Race | |||
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Date | 2 April 2006 | ||
Winner | Oxford | ||
Margin of victory | 5 lengths | ||
Winning time | 18 minutes 26 seconds | ||
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) | 78–72 | ||
Umpire | Simon Harris (Cambridge) | ||
Other races | |||
Reserve winner | Goldie | ||
Women's winner | Oxford | ||
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The 152nd Boat Race took place on 2 April 2006. 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. Oxford, whose crew contained the first French rower in the history of the event, won the race by five lengths which was umpired by former Cambridge rower Simon Harris.
In the reserve race Goldie beat Isis and Oxford won the Women's Boat Race.