The Boat Race 2024 EXACT start time: When is historic race starting today?
THE legendary Boat Race returns TODAY as rivals Cambridge and Oxford go to battle on the River Thames for the 169th time.
Last year, Cambridge completed an epic double, winning both the men’s and women’s races.
Cambridge celebrate after winning the 2023 men’s Boat RaceREUTERS
The 2024 course will remain as the traditional ‘Championship Course’, which is a 4.2-mile affair from Putney to Mortlake.
But what time will both the men’s and women’s races begin?
What time does The Boat Race start?
The Boat Race 2024 will take place TODAY, Saturday, March 30.
The women’s race kicks off at 2.46pm GMT.
While the men’s takes place after at 3.46pm GMT.
How can I watch The Boat Race 2024?
The Boat Race will be broadcast live on BBC One.
You can live stream The Boat Race for FREE via the BBC iPlayer app/website, providing you have a valid TV license.
BBC’s coverage gets underway from 2pm, with Clare Balding hosting.
Last 10 Boat Race results
The last 10 winners of The Boat Race:
2023 – Cambridge (men’s)/ Cambridge (women’s)
2022 – Oxford (men’s)/ Cambridge (women’s)
2021 – Cambridge (men’s)/ Cambridge (women’s)
2020 – no race
2019 – Cambridge/ Cambridge (women’s)
2018 – Cambridge/ Cambridge (women’s)
2017 – Oxford/ Cambridge (women’s)
2016 – Cambridge / Oxford (women’s)
2015 – Oxford/ Oxford (women’s)
2014 – Oxford/ Oxford (women’s)
2013 – Oxford/ Oxford (women’s)
Who is competing in The Boat Race 2024?
Oxford Women
Sarah Marshall (bow)
Ella Stadler (president)
Tessa Haining
Claire Aitken
Julia Lindsay
Annie Sharp
Lucy Edmunds
Annie Anezakis (stroke)
Joe Gellett (cox)
Cambridge Women
Gemma King (bow)
Jo Matthews
Clare Hole
Jenna Armstrong (president)
Carina Graf
Carys Earl
Iris Powell
Megan Lee (stroke)
Hannah Murphy (cox)
Oxford Men
Saxon Stacey (bow)
Harry Glenister
Jelmer Bennema
James Doran
Elias Kun
Frederick Roper
Leonard Jenkins
Elliot Kemp (stroke)
William Denegri (cox)
Cambridge Men
Sebastien Benzecry (bow and president)
Noam Mouelle
Thomas Marsh
Augustus John
Kenneth Coplan
Thomas Lynch
Luca Ferraro
Matt Edge (stroke)
Ed Bracey (cox)
Cambridge and Oxford will face off in the Boat Race on SaturdayPA
