The Boat Race 1996

142nd Boat Race
Date6 April 1996
WinnerCambridge
Margin of victory2+34 lengths
Winning time16 minutes 58 seconds
Overall record
(Cambridge–Oxford)
73–68
UmpireMike Sweeney
(Cambridge)
Other races
Reserve winnerGoldie
Women's winnerCambridge

The 142nd Boat Race took place on 6 April 1996. 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. Umpired by a former Blue, Mike Sweeney, Cambridge won by 2+34 lengths in the second-fastest time in the history of the race.

In the reserve race, Cambridge's Goldie defeated Oxford's Isis in a record time, while Cambridge won the Women's Boat Race.