Women's Boat Race 1982

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The 37th Women's Boat Race took place on 21 March 1982. 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.

Date21 March 1982 (1982-03-21)
WinnerCambridge
Margin of victory4 seconds
Overall record
(CambridgeOxford)
2413
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37th Women's Boat Race
Date21 March 1982 (1982-03-21)
WinnerCambridge
Margin of victory4 seconds
Overall record
(CambridgeOxford)
2413
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Background

The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927.[1] The 1982 race was the first in the history of the event to include a male participant, in Oxford's cox Phillip Edwards.[2] BBC One broadcast a feature on Oxford 's training on 18 March, three days before the race.[3]

Crews

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Seat Oxford
Cambridge
Name College Name College
BowM. JollandsSt Catherine'sP. NockDowning
2F. WhitingSt Hugh'sH. BrownNewnham
3M. EsslinKebleS. BarnardRobinson
4C. Wardle SomervilleS. Van KleefFitzwilliam
5S. TalbotNew CollegeK. PanterDowning
6P. RowlandsLady Margaret HallT. McRaeDarwin
7S. DaviesJesusK. MarwickGirton
StrokeF. Freckleton SomervilleH. BurnettHomerton
CoxP. EdwardsWolfsonG. GodboldSidney Sussex
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Coaches

Oxford: M. Rosewell, A. Truswell, R. Emerton, A. Walsh.

Cambridge: R. Wiggin, J. Sutherland-Smith, N. Burnet*, S. Jones, J. Gleave, N. Casey, N Kirkby*.

*Co-Chief Coach

Race

Cambridge won by four seconds.[4]

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