The Lent Bumps 1998 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday 24 until Saturday 28 February 1998. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the format of the races. In 1998, a total of 121 crews took part (69 men's crews and 52 women's crews), with around 1000 participants in total. Several thousand spectators came to watch, particularly on the Saturday.

Due to pressures from the university authorities, the 1998 Lent Bumps was run over 5 days, rather than 4 days, which was the norm since the end of World War II. In the new format, each division had one day off racing, with the 1st divisions missing the first day, 2nd divisions missing the second day etc., which reduced the amount of time needed to complete the racing each day and thus reduce the need for many students to miss lectures. Every division raced on the last day, but as this was a Saturday with fewer lectures held in the university, this wasn't as big a problem. This format, introduced in 1998, has been used at every Lent Bumps since.

Head of the River crews

1st & 3rd Trinity Boat Club First and Third Trinity men bumped Downing to take their first headship of the Lent Bumps since 1971.

Emmanuel Boat Club Emmanuel women rowed-over in 1st position, achieving the headship for the 2nd consecutive year and 8th time since 1988.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

Lady Margaret Boat Club The highest men's 2nd VIII for the 2nd consecutive year was Lady Margaret II.

Lady Margaret Boat Club The highest women's 2nd VIII at the end of the week was Lady Margaret II, who bumped Jesus II on the 2nd day.

Preceding year Current year Following year
Lent Bumps 1997Lent Bumps 1998Lent Bumps 1999
May Bumps 1997May Bumps 1998May Bumps 1999

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts for all four men's and all 3 women's divisions, with the men's event on the left and women's event on the right. The bumps chart represents the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, simply find the crew's name on the left side of the chart and follow the line to the end-of-the-week finishing position on the right of the chart.

Pos Crew Men's Bumps Chart Crew Pos Crew Women's Bumps Chart Crew Pos
1Downing
1st & 3rd Trinity1Emmanuel
Emmanuel1
21st & 3rd TrinityLady Margaret2Trinity HallTrinity Hall2
3Trinity HallDowning3Queens'Queens'3
4Lady MargaretCaius4Lady MargaretPembroke4
5CaiusChurchill5JesusJesus5
6Christ'sJesus6St. Catharine'sChrist's6
7ChurchillTrinity Hall7New HallLady Margaret7
8JesusChrist's8ChurchillNewnham8
9Queens'Fitzwilliam9Christ'sSt. Catharine's9
10PembrokePembroke10Pembroke1st & 3rd Trinity10
11FitzwilliamEmmanuel11NewnhamChurchill11
12GirtonMagdalene12CaiusClare12
13EmmanuelQueens'13GirtonNew Hall13
14SelwynRobinson14DowningCCAT14
15MagdaleneLady Margaret II15ClareCaius15
16RobinsonGirton161st & 3rd TrinityDowning16
17Sidney SussexClare17Sidney SussexFitzwilliam17
18PeterhouseSelwyn18CCATSelwyn18
19St. Catharine'sSidney Sussex19SelwynGirton19
20Lady Margaret IIPeterhouse20Jesus IILady Margaret II20
21Clare1st & 3rd Trinity II21FitzwilliamSidney Sussex21
22King'sSt. Catharine's22Lady Margaret IIMagdalene22
231st & 3rd Trinity IIKing's23Corpus ChristiJesus II23
24Downing IIDowning II24HomertonCorpus Christi24
25Queens' IICaius II25MagdaleneEmmanuel II25
26Caius IICorpus Christi26King'sKing's26
27Pembroke IIChrist's II27RobinsonNewnham II27
28Corpus ChristiTrinity Hall II28Emmanuel IIHomerton28
29Jesus IIQueens' II29Newnham IIRobinson29
30Christ's IILady Margaret III30Trinity Hall IIPeterhouse30
31Clare IIPembroke II31PeterhouseSt. Catharine's II31
32Trinity Hall IIChurchill II32New Hall IIWolfson32
33Lady Margaret IIIJesus II33WolfsonNew Hall II33
34Fitzwilliam IISt. Catharine's II34Lucy CavendishDarwin34
35Peterhouse IIClare II35Queens' IITrinity Hall II35
36Churchill IIFitzwilliam II36St. Catharine's IIQueens' II36
37Magdalene IICCAT37Selwyn IICCAT II37
38Selwyn IIPeterhouse II38DarwinLucy Cavendish38
39St. Catharine's IIEmmanuel II39CCAT IIHomerton II39
40CCATMagdalene II401st & 3rd Trinity II1st & 3rd Trinity II40
41Downing IIIWolfson41Homerton IISelwyn II41
42Emmanuel IISelwyn II42Magdalene IIChurchill II42
43Wolfson1st & 3rd Trinity III43Downing IIVet School43
44Girton IIDowning III44Fitzwilliam IIDowning II44
45Jesus IIIRobinson II45Churchill IIJesus III45
461st & 3rd Trinity IIIHughes Hall46Vet SchoolMagdalene II46
47Robinson IIGirton II47Jesus IIICaius II47
48Hughes HallCorpus Christi II48Caius IIFitzwilliam II48
49Corpus Christi IIJesus III49Darwin IIPembroke II49
50Clare IIIDarwin50Clare IIClare II50
51Clare HallClare Hall51St. Catharine's IIISt. Catharine's III51
52Lady Margaret IVSidney Sussex II52Pembroke IIDarwin II52
53Queens' IIIQueens' III53 
54DarwinKing's II54
55Sidney Sussex IIChrist's III55
56Trinity Hall IIIClare III56
57Churchill IIILady Margaret IV57
58St. Edmund'sTrinity Hall III58
59King's IICaius III59
60Christ's IIIChurchill III60
61CCAT II1st & 3rd Trinity IV61
62Caius IIISt. Edmund's62
631st & 3rd Trinity IVSt. Catharine's III63
64St. Catharine's IIICCAT II64
651st & 3rd Trinity V1st & 3rd Trinity V65
66Lady Margaret VLady Margaret V66
67Darwin IIClare IV67
68Clare IVChurchill IV68
69Churchill IVDarwin II69
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