The Boat Race, which was first staged in 1829, is a rowing event which takes place every year between students from two of the UK’s elite universities over a 4.25-mile stretch of the Thames in ...

Oxford won the first race in June 1829 at Henley-on-Thames and in a way not a huge amount has changed in the ensuing 196 years. It’s still eight rowers in a boat on the Thames.