Women's Boat Race 1993 Explained

48th Women's Boat Race
Winner:Cambridge
Margin:4½ lengths
Winning Time:6 minutes 10 seconds
Prevseason:1992
Nextseason:1994

The 48th Women's Boat Race took place on 21 March 1993. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held as part of the Henley Boat Races along a two-kilometre course.

Background

The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927.[1]

Race

Oxford were stroked by Phoebe White, an Under-23 international sculler. Oxford initially took the lead but were overtaken by Cambridge after a minute who were warned by the umpire for taking Oxford's water.[2] Cambridge increased their lead and won by lengths in a time of 6 minutes 10 seconds taking the cumulative wins to 31 to Cambridge and 17 for Oxford. The Cambridge reserve boat won by lengths in a time of 6 minutes 22 seconds taking the cumulative wins to 16 for Cambridge and 6 for Oxford.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Women's Boat Race  - Confetti, Streamers, and Toy Trumpets. . 16 March 1927 . 5 .
  2. News: Rowing: Day for Light Blue celebration as Cambridge sweep Henley Boat Races. 22 March 1993. 3 April 2016. The Independent.
  3. Web site: Boat Race – Results – Women. The Boat Race Company Limited. 11 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Results. Henley Boat Races. 18 April 2015. 21 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140521032947/http://henleyboatraces.com/results. dead.