EXHIBIT 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATIONS


         I, Jeffrey S. Gorman, certify that:

         1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The
Gorman-Rupp Company;

         2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

         3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

         4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:

               a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused
                    such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
                    our supervision to ensure that material information relating
                    to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
                    is made known to us by others within those entities,
                    particularly during the period in which this quarterly
                    report is being prepared;

               b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
                    caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
                    designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
                    assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
                    and the preparation of financial statements for external
                    purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
                    principles;

               c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                    controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                    conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
                    controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
                    by this report based on such evaluations: and

               d)   Disclosed in this report any changes in the registrant's
                    internal control over financial reporting that occurred
                    during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has
                    materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
                    affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
                    reporting: and



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         5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

               a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                    design or operation of internal control over financial
                    reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
                    the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
                    report financial information; and

               b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                    or other employees who have a significant role in the
                    registrant's internal control over financial reporting.






Date:  November 7, 2003                /S/Jeffrey S. Gorman
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                                       Jeffrey S. Gorman
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer
                                       The Gorman-Rupp Company
                                       (Principal Executive Officer)




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