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                      Securities And Exchange Commission

                            Washington, D.C.  20549

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                                   FORM 8-A

               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or 12(g) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


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                         HIBBETT SPORTING GOODS, INC.
            (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


               Alabama                           63-1074067
       (state of incorporation                (I.R.S. employer
           or organization)                identification number)


                451 Industrial Lane
                Birmingham, Alabama                        35211
      (address of principal executive offices)           (ZIP code)

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If this Form relates to the                If this form relates to the
registration of a class of debt            registration of a class of
securities and is effective upon           debt securities and is to
filing pursuant to General Instruction     become effective simultaneously
A(c)(1) please check the following         with the effectiveness of a
box. [ ]                                    concurrent registration statement
                                           under the Securities Act of 1933
                                           pursuant to the General Instructions
                                           A(c)(2) please check the following
                                           box. [ ]


       Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                         Name of each exchange
        Title of each class               on which each class
        to be so registered               is to be registered
                None                             None


       Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:


                    Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
                               (Title of class)


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Item 1.        Description of Registrant's Securities to be
Registered.

               Reference is made to the section "Description of Capital Stock"
of the Registrant's Prospectus, constituting a part of the Registration
Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-07023 ("Registration Statement on
Form S-1") filed on June 27, 1996 by the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which is
incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.        Exhibits.

                                             Incorporated            Exhibit
               Exhibits                      by Reference to         Number



*1.      Form of Specimen Certificate
               representing the Company's
               Common Stock, par
               value $.01 per share

*2.1     Articles of Incorporation of
               the Company, as amended

*2.2     By-laws of the Company, as
               amended

3.      Stockholders Agreement dated as           **                    10.2
               of November 1, 1995 among
               The SK Equity Fund, L.P.,
               SK Investment Fund, L.P.,
               the Company and certain
               stockholders of the
               Company named therein


*        To be filed by Amendment.
**   Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No.
333-07023) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
         Exchange Commission on June 27, 1996.



                                   SIGNATURE

               Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.

July 3, 1996

                                    HIBBETT SPORTING GOODS, INC.


                                    By:/s/ Susan H. Fitzgibbon
                                         Chief Financial Officer