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): April 27, 2005

                             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 2.02  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

         On April 27, 2005, The Gorman-Rupp Company issued a news release
announcing its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31,
2005. 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

April 29, 2005




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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(99)     News Release dated April 27, 2005                           3



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