8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 22, 2004

                             THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


                                      Ohio
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


       1-6747                                             34-0253990
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(Commission File Number)                    (I.R.S. Employee Identification No.)


305 Bowman Street, Mansfield, Ohio                                  44903
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)


                                 (419) 755-1011
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)





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ITEM 12.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

         On July 22, 2004 The Gorman-Rupp Company issued a news release
announcing a five-for-four split of its Common Shares in the form of a
distribution of one additional Common Share for each four Common Shares
previously issued. The distribution will be made on September 10, 2004 to
shareholders of record at the close of business on August 13, 2004. The Company
also announced in this news release the declaration of a cash dividend in the
amount of $0.14 per share on its post-split Common Shares payable September 10,
2004 to shareholders of record August 13, 2004. This news release is included as
Exhibit 99 and is being furnished, not filed, with this Current Report on Form
8-K.


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                    THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY


                                    By /s/ DAVID P. EMMENS
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                                          David P. Emmens
                                          Corporate Counsel and Secretary

July 26, 2004






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

         Exhibit                                                   Page
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(99)     News Release dated July 22, 2004                            3


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EX-99

                                                              Exhibit 99, Page 1


            GORMAN-RUPP ANNOUNCES STOCK SPLIT AND DIVIDEND INCREASE


Mansfield, Ohio - July 22, 2004 - The Board of Directors of The Gorman-Rupp
Company today declared a five-for-four split of the Company's Common Shares in
the form of a distribution of one additional Common Share for each four Common
Shares previously issued. The distribution will be made on September 10, 2004,
to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 13, 2004.

Cash payments will be made to shareholders in settlement of fractional-share
interests resulting from the distribution on the basis of the average of the
high and low sales price of the Company's Common Shares on the American Stock
Exchange on the record date (or, if there are no sales on the record date, then
on the first preceding day on which there were sales), adjusted to reflect the
distribution.

National City Bank (Cleveland, Ohio), the Transfer Agent and Registrar for the
Common Shares of the Company, will accept instructions from brokers and nominees
regarding their requirements in respect to the distribution until September 3,
2004.

After giving effect to the issuance of the additional Common Shares in the
distribution, the most recent quarterly dividend rate of $0.17 per Common Share
would have been $0.136 per share.

In other action, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly cash
dividend of $0.14 per share on the Common Stock of the Company, payable
September 10, 2004, to shareholders of record August 13, 2004. The cash dividend
is payable on post-split shares and represents a 2.9% increase over the
equivalent post-split dividend of $0.136 paid during the previous quarter.

This marks the 218th consecutive dividend paid by the Company.

David P. Emmens
Corporate Secretary
The Gorman-Rupp Company
Telephone (419) 755-1477
American Stock Exchange Symbol (GRC)

For information contact Robert E. Kirkendall, Sr. Vice President & CFO,
Tel (419) 755-1294

The Gorman-Rupp company is a manufacturer of pumps and related equipment for
water, wastewater, construction, industrial, petroleum, original equipment,
agricultural, fire and governmental applications.