Question: who won this year's oxford cambridge boat race
Answer: org First boat race 10 June 1829 Annual event since 15 March 1856 Current champion Cambridge ( 2018 ) Course Henley - on - Thames ( 1829 -- 44 ) The Championship Course ( 1845 -- present ) Smallest margin of victory Oxford , 1 foot ( 30 cm ) ( 2003 ) Current sponsor Cancer Research UK via BNY Mellon Trophy The Boat Race Trophy Number of wins Cambridge Oxford 83 80 Note : There has been one dead heat , recorded in 1877