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The Boat Race

rowing race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities held in London, England
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The Boat Race

Summary

The Boat Race is a recurring sporting event[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of recurring_sporting_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Boat Race is located in Oxfordshire[3].
  • The Boat Race is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • The Boat Race's image is recorded as 2002-oxbridge-boat-race.jpg[5].
  • The Boat Race's instance of is recorded as recurring sporting event[6].
  • The Boat Race's locator map image is recorded as University Boat Race Thames map.svg[7].
  • The Boat Race's location is recorded as Greater London[8].
  • The Boat Race's location is recorded as The Championship Course[9].
  • The Boat Race's subclass of is recorded as rowing regatta[10].
  • The Boat Race's part of is recorded as Oxford and Cambridge rivalry[11].
  • The Boat Race's Commons category is recorded as University Boat Race[12].
  • +1829-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Boat Race[13].
  • The Boat Race's sport is recorded as rowing[14].
  • The Boat Race's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01kvcm[15].
  • The Boat Race's located in/on physical feature is recorded as River Thames[16].
  • The Boat Race's participant is recorded as Cambridge University Boat Club[17].
  • The Boat Race's participant is recorded as Oxford University Boat Club[18].
  • The Boat Race's official website is recorded as http://www.theboatrace.org/[19].
  • The Boat Race's sponsor is recorded as Gemini[20].
  • The Boat Race's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Boat Race[21].
  • The Boat Race's depicted by is recorded as The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race[22].
  • The Boat Race's BBC Things ID is recorded as 5fd39cce-217a-491b-bf9b-e6cecae6aafe[23].
  • The Boat Race's X is recorded as theboatraces[24].
  • The Boat Race's Instagram username is recorded as theboatraces[25].
  • The Boat Race's event interval is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1'}[26].
  • The Boat Race's event distance is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+8.4'}[27].

Why It Matters

The Boat Race ranks in the top 7% of recurring_sporting_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

River Thames United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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