Registration No. 2-97322



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
                                       TO
                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                               SPRINT CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                        Kansas                        48-0457967
             (State or other jurisdiction          (I.R.S. Employer
           of incorporation or organization       Identification No.)

            Post Office Box 7997, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
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                               SPRINT CORPORATION
                             1985 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)
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                              CLAUDIA S. TOUSSAINT
    Vice President - Corporate Governance and Ethics, and Corporate Secretary
                                  P.O. Box 7997
                       Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

          Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
                                 (913) 794-1513
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     This Registration  Statement as originally filed related to the offering of
1,500,000  shares of Sprint Common Stock ("Sprint Common Stock")  issuable under
the 1985 Stock Option  Plan.  The number of shares  covered by the  Registration
Statement  was increased in  connection  with a two-for-one  split of the Sprint
Common  Stock in  December  1989 and again in  connection  with the  spin-off of
Sprint's cellular division in March 1996 to prevent dilution. The 256,166 shares
of Sprint Common Stock remaining under the Registration Statement at the time of
the reclassification of Sprint Common Stock into FON Stock and PCS Stock and the
conversion  of the options  into  options to purchase FON Stock and PCS Stock in
November 1998,  were  reclassified  into 256,166 shares of FON Stock and 128,083
shares of PCS  Stock.  Options  for 85,635  shares of FON Stock  were  exercised
before  the  two-for-one  split of the FON  Stock in the  1999  second  quarter,
leaving  170,531  shares of FON Stock.  The  two-for-one  split of the FON Stock
increased  the number of shares of FON Stock  remaining  under the  Registration
Statement to 341,062 shares of FON Stock.  Following the split of the FON Stock,
options  for  196,276  shares of FON Stock were  exercised.  Options  for 70,417
shares of PCS Stock were exercised before the two-for-one split of the PCS Stock
in the 2000 first quarter,  leaving 57,666 shares of PCS Stock.  The two-for-one
split of the PCS Stock increased the number of shares of PCS remaining under the
Registration  Statement to 115,332  shares of PCS Stock.  Following the split of
the PCS Stock, options for 42,920 shares of PCS Stock were exercised. No options
are  outstanding  and no  additional  options  will be  granted  under the Plan.
Therefore,  the  Registration  Statement is amended to deregister  the remaining
144,786  shares of FON  Stock and  72,412  shares of PCS Stock  covered  by this
Registration Statement.





  PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT



Item 8.     Exhibits.


Exhibit
Number    Exhibits


 24. Power of Attorney.



















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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the  registrant  certifies  that it  has  reasonable  grounds  to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on  Form
S-8  and  has  duly  caused this Amendment  to  the  Registration
Statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Overland Park, State of
Kansas, on the 11th day of February, 2004.

                                     SPRINT CORPORATION



                                     By /s/ Claudia S. Toussaint
                                       (Claudia S. Toussaint, Vice President)




      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

Name                    Title                          Date

                        Chairman of the Board and   )
G. D. FORSEE*           Chief Executive Officer     )
                        (Principal Executive        )
                        Officer)                    )
                                                    )
                        Executive Vice President    )
ROBERT J. DELLINGER*    - Chief Financial Officer   )
                        (Principal Financial        )
                        Officer)                    )
                                                    )
                        Senior Vice President and   )
J. P. MEYER*            Controller                  )
                        (Principal Accounting       )
                        Officer)                    )
                                                    ) February 11, 2004
                                                    )
DUBOSE AUSLEY*                   Director           )
                                                    )
                                                    )
E. LINN DRAPER, JR. *            Director           )
                                                    )
                                                    )
I. O. HOCKADAY, JR.*             Director           )
                                                    )
                                                    )
L. K. LORIMER*                   Director           )
                                                    )


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                                                    )
C. E. RICE*                      Director           )
                                                    )
                                                    )
LOUIS W. SMITH*                  Director           )
                                                    )  February 11, 2004
                                                    )
GERALD L. STORCH*                Director           )
                                                    )
                                                    )
STEWART TURLEY*                  Director           )







/s/ Claudia S. Toussaint
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*    Signed  by  Claudia  S.  Toussaint,
     Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to Power
     of   Attorney   filed   with   this
     Amendment   to   the   Registration
     Statement No. 2-97322.








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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number    Exhibits

 24. Power of Attorney.