University Boat Race

2 April 2017

Official times, & unofficial records:

From	To	OUBC 2017	CUBC 2017	Isis 2017	Goldie 2017	Previous record time	set by	Year of record
University Stone	Mile Post	3:40	3:41	3:40	3:39	3:31	Oxford Cambridge	1978 1993
	Hammersmith Bridge	6:33	6:35	6:37	6:40	6:20	Cambridge	1998
	Chiswick Steps	10:24	10:28	10:30	10:35	9:56	Cambridge	1998
	Barnes Bridge	14:04	14:08	14:18	14:25	13:32	Cambridge	1998
	Race Finish	16:59	17:03	17:17	17:25	16:19	Cambridge	1998
Mile Post	Hammersmith Bridge	2:53	2:54	2:57	3:01	2:45.5	Oxford	2002
	Chiswick Steps	6:44	6:47	6:50	6:56	6:23	Cambridge	1998
	Barnes Bridge	10:24	10:27	10:38	10:46	9:59	Cambridge	1998
	Race Finish	13:19	13:22	13:37	13:46	12:46	Cambridge	1998
Hammersmith Bridge	Chiswick Steps	3:51	3:53	3:53	3:55	3:36	Cambridge	1998
	Barnes Bridge	7:31	7:33	7:41	7:45	7:12	Cambridge	1998
	Race Finish	10:26	10:28	10:40	10:45	9:59	Cambridge	1998
Chiswick Steps	Barnes Bridge	3:40	3:40	3:48	3:50	3:34	Oxford	2005
	Race Finish	6:35	6:35	6:47	6:50	6:23	Cambridge	1998
Barnes Bridge	Race Finish	2:55	2:55	2:59	3:00	2:47	Cambridge	1998

Oxford (who won the toss and chose Surrey) won the 162nd Boat Race by 1 1/4 lengths.

Isis (who won the toss & chose Surrey) won the reserves race by 2 1/2 lengths half an hour earlier.

Page produced 5 April 2017, last updated 20 April 2017.  I hope my arithmetic is correct;  if not, please let me know.

Record times here are unofficial (& disagree in some cases with those which have been given previously in the Boat Race official programme, but you can see whether you agree with their arithmetic or mine).

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