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                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


  In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Gorman-Rupp Company (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), each
of the undersigned officers of the Company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that, to such officer's knowledge:

               (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
                    13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

               (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                    all material respects, the financial condition and results
                    of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the
                    periods expressed in the Report.


Date:    November 7, 2003               /s/Jeffrey S. Gorman
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                                        Jeffrey S. Gorman
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer
                                        (Principal Executive Officer)

                                        /s/Robert E. Kirkendall
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                                        Robert E. Kirkendall
                                        Senior Vice President and
                                        Chief Financial Officer


The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate
disclosure document.




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