The Boat Race 1948

94th Boat Race
Date27 March 1948
WinnerCambridge
Margin of victory5 lengths
Winning time17 minutes 50 seconds
Overall record
(Cambridge–Oxford)
50–43
UmpireClaude Taylor
(Cambridge)
Other races
Women's winnerCambridge

The 94th Boat Race took place on 27 March 1948. 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 the former rower Claude Taylor, Cambridge won by five lengths in a record time of 17 minutes and 50 seconds, beating the existing record set in the 1934 race. The victory, their second in a row, took the overall record in the race to 50–43 in Cambridge's favour.