Boat Race 2024 live: Results, times and updates as Cambridge secure stunning double over Oxford
Relive all the action from two thrilling boat races between Cambridge and Oxford
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Your support makes all the difference.Cambridge produced two spectacular performances to secure a double win over Oxford in the 2024 Boat Race.
Both the men’s and women’s crews raced through to convincing wins over their old rivals on a sunny afternoon in the capital.
Much of the build-up to the races had been dominated by the condition of the water in the Thames, but once the day got underway it was the quality of the Cambridge racing that stole the show.
The women, led by cox Hannah Murphy, clawed back an early Oxford lead and roared ahead after a controversial incident in which the two boats nearly collided.
The men’s team, buoyed by a particularly inspiring shift from stroke Matt Edge, put in a similarly impressive performance, roaring to an early lead and maintaining it throughout the race to finish with a lead of three-and-a-half lengths.
Follow all the live action from the Thames in the blog below and get the latest odds and tips here.
2024 Women’s Boat Race LIVE
Oxford are extending their lead to almost a length ahead, but Cambridge are approaching the bend in the Thames that will begin to give them an advantage. We’re roughly a third of the way though.
2024 Women’s Boat Race LIVE
The waters of the Thames are calm today, and Oxford are almost half a length ahead as the two crews pass Craven Cottage.
2024 Women’s Boat Race LIVE
The boats are approaching Craven Cottage now, with Oxford clearly looking to try and build an early lead. Cambridge do look calm and settled though, perhaps waiting for a time to strike.
2024 Women’s Boat Race LIVE
Oxford, who started on the Middlesex station, have made a good start and are in a decent lead in the first minutes.
2024 Boat Race LIVE
Both crews are sitting on the water now as we approach the start of the day’s first race.
The crews are out
Cambridge have come out onto the water – we’ve got 10 minutes until the start of the women’s race.
The men’s race begins at 3.46pm, and in between there are races between the reserve crews.
The Boat Race explained
A little ‘mini-explainer’ for anyone who may be following the race for the first time.
Crews start at two different ‘stations’, known as Surrey or Middlesex –the Fulham/Chiswick side of the course is known as the Middlesex station, while the Putney/Barnes side is known as the Surrey.
The race website states that there are “advantages and disadvantages for each side because of the bends in the river”.
The women’s race first took place on the Championship Course in 2015, and the record time is 18 minutes 33 seconds, which was set by Cambridge in 2017.
Oxford Women are vying to end a run of six consecutive defeats.
The route
Here’s a reminder of the route for the boat races.
The course, known as the Championship Course, is four miles and 374 yards (6.8 km) long. It stretches between Putney and Mortlake on the River Thames in south west London.
The race is rowed upstream, but starts during the incoming tide to ensure that crews are rowing with the fast stream.
When is the Boat Race 2024? Start time, TV channel and how to watch
And a reminder of how you can watch the races, with just half an hour before the first race of the day – the 78th women’s boat race.
When is the Boat Race 2024? Start time, TV channel and how to watch
Everything you need to know ahead of raceday
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