The May Bumps 2002 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 12 June 2002 to Saturday 15 June 2002. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 111th set of races in the series of May Bumps that have been held annually in mid-June in this form since 1887. In 2002, a total of 172 crews took part (103 men's crews and 69 women's crews), with around 1500 participants in total.

Head of the River crews

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  Caius men bumped Emmanuel and Downing to take back the headship they lost in 2001, achieving the headship for the 4th time since 1998.

  Caius women rowed-over in 1st position, achieving the headship for the 3rd consecutive year (being head for 11 consecutive days - the 2nd longest ever defence of the women's Mays headship)

Highest 2nd VIIIs

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  The highest men's 2nd VIII for the 3rd consecutive year was Downing II.

  The highest women's 2nd VIII for the 2nd consecutive year was Jesus II.

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Preceding year Current year Following year
May Bumps 2001 May Bumps 2002 May Bumps 2003
Lent Bumps 2001 Lent Bumps 2002 Lent Bumps 2003

Bumps charts

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Below are the bumps charts for the men's and women's 1st divisions. The men's bumps charts are on the left, and women's bumps charts 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
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Caius 1 Caius
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Caius 1
2 Downing Downing 2 Emmanuel Emmanuel 2
3 Caius Lady Margaret 3 Jesus Jesus 3
4 Jesus Emmanuel 4 Newnham Newnham 4
5 Lady Margaret Trinity Hall 5 Pembroke Downing 5
6 Trinity Hall Jesus 6 Trinity Hall Pembroke 6
7 Christ's Robinson 7 Lady Margaret St. Catharine's 7
8 Robinson St. Catharine's 8 Clare Trinity Hall 8
9 1st & 3rd Trinity 1st & 3rd Trinity 9 Downing Lady Margaret 9
10 Churchill Clare 10 Churchill New Hall 10
11 St. Catharine's Christ's 11 St. Catharine's Christ's 11
12 Clare Queens' 12 New Hall Clare 12
13 Pembroke Magdalene 13 Christ's Churchill 13
14 Selwyn Churchill 14 Selwyn Selwyn 14
15 Queens' Pembroke 15 Queens' Peterhouse 15
16 Fitzwilliam Sidney Sussex 16 Girton Girton 16
17 Magdalene Selwyn 17 Robinson CCAT 17