The Boat Race 1987
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The 133rd Boat Race took place on 28 March 1987. 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. Oxford won by four lengths. The race featured the tallest, heaviest, youngest and oldest crew members in the event's history.
133rd Boat Race | |||
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Date | 28 March 1987 (1987-03-28) | ||
Winner | Oxford | ||
Margin of victory | 4 lengths | ||
Winning time | 19 minutes 59 seconds | ||
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) | 69–63 | ||
Umpire | Colin Moynihan (Oxford) | ||
Other races | |||
Reserve winner | Goldie | ||
Women's winner | Cambridge | ||
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Oxford's crew rebelled in the prelude to the race, with several American rowers and the cox leaving the squad in February after their coach Dan Topolski removed their compatriot Chris Clark from the crew, replacing him with Scottish rower Donald Macdonald. The rebels were replaced in the main by the reserves. Umpired by former Oxford Blue Colin Moynihan, it was the first year that the race was sponsored by Beefeater Gin, replacing Ladbrokes after ten years.
In the 23rd reserve race, Cambridge's Goldie defeated Oxford's Isis by one length. Cambridge won the 42nd Women's Boat Race.