As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2001
                                                           Registration No. 333-
________________________________________________________________________________
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              INVACARE CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                    Ohio                                 95-2680965
       (State or Other Jurisdiction of      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
       Incorporation or Organization)

                              Invacare Corporation
                                One Invacare Way
                               Elyria, Ohio 44036
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)


                   INVACARE CORPORATION 1994 PERFORMANCE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)


                                                 With a copy to:
Thomas R. Miklich                                ---------------
Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel         Dale C. LaPorte
and Secretary                                    Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Invacare Corporation                             1400 McDonald Investment Center
One Invacare Way                                 800 Superior Avenue
Elyria, Ohio 44036                               Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(440) 329-6000                                   (216) 622-8200

 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Proposed          Proposed
                                                                      maximum           maximum
                                                     Amount          offering          aggregate          Amount of
                                                     to be             Price           offering         registration
Title of securities to be registered             registered (2)    per share (1)       Price (1)            fee
----------------------------------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- ---------------
<S>                                                   <C>               <C>               <C>               <C>
Common Shares, without par value (3)               3,500,000          $38.305         $134,066,405        $33,517
----------------------------------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- ---------------
</TABLE>

(1)  Estimated in accordance  with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the  Securities Act
     of 1933,  as amended  (the  "Securities  Act"),  solely for the  purpose of
     calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and
     low  sales  price of the  common  shares  without  par  value  of  Invacare
     Corporation (the "Common  Shares")  reported on the New York Stock Exchange
     on March 27, 2001.

(2)  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, this registration  statement
     also covers such  additional  Common  Shares  which may be issued or become
     issuable under the terms of the Invacare Corporation 1994 Performance Plan,
     as amended (the "Plan"),  in order to prevent  dilution  resulting from any
     stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.

(3)  One right  for each  Common  Share (a  "Right")  will  also be issued  with
     respect to each Common Share.  The terms of the Rights are described in the
     registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A,  dated July 18, 1995, as
     the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

<PAGE>

         Pursuant  to General  Instruction  E to Form S-8,  the  contents of the
Registration  Statement  of Invacare  Corporation  (the  "Company")  on Form S-8
(Commission  File No.  33-87052)  registering  1,000,000  Common  Shares  of the
Company for issuance under the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference.  Since
the filing of the Company's  Registration  Statement No. 33-87052, the 1,000,000
Common Shares covered by such  Registration  Statement have been increased under
the Plan to 2,000,000  shares  pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, to
give effect to a two-for-one stock split in 1995.

                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
         -----------------------------------------------

         The  following  documents  of the  Company  previously  filed  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the  "Commission"),  are incorporated herein
by reference:

1.   The Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31,
     1999;

2.   The Company's  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
     March 31, 2000, June 30, 2000 and September 30, 2000;

3.   The   description   of  the  Common  Shares   contained  in  the  Company's
     Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A,  dated  October  21,  1986 (Reg.  No.
     0-12938) and any  amendments  and reports filed for the purpose of updating
     that description; and

4.   The  description  of the Rights  contained  in the  Company's  Registration
     Statement on Form 8-A,  dated July 18, 1995,  and any amendments or reports
     filed for the purpose of updating that description;

other than the portions of such  documents  that, by statute,  by designation in
such  document or otherwise,  are not deemed to be filed with the  Commission or
are not required to be incorporated herein by reference.

         All documents  subsequently  filed by the Company  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act") after the date of this  Registration  Statement,  prior to the filing of a
post-effective  amendment that  indicates that all securities  offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold,  shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in the  Registration  Statement and to be a part
hereof  from the date of filing of such  documents,  other than the  portions of
such  documents  that by statute,  by designation in such document or otherwise,
are not  deemed  to be  filed  with the  Commission  or are not  required  to be
incorporated herein by reference.

         Any  statement  contained  in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this  Registration  Statement shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a  statement  contained  in this  Registration  Statement  or in any  other
subsequently  filed  document  that also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference in this Registration  Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded  shall not be deemed,  except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

                                     II-1
<PAGE>

Item 8.  Exhibits.
         --------

         See the Exhibit Index at Page E-1 of this Registration Statement.

                                      II-2
<PAGE>


                                   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 Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of  Elyria,  State of Ohio,  on this 30th day of March,
2001.


                                       INVACARE CORPORATION

                                       By:    /S/ A. Malachi Mixon III
                                              ------------------------
                                              A. Malachi Mixon III
                                              Chairman of the Board of Directors
                                              and Chief Executive Officer
                                              (Principal Executive Officer)


         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities indicated on March 30, 2001.


        Signature                                  Title
        ---------                                  -----

/S/ A. Malachi Mixon III            Chairman of the Board of Directors
------------------------            and Chief Executive Officer
A. Malachi Mixon III                (Principal Executive Officer)

/S/ Gerald B. Blouch                President, Chief Operating Officer and
--------------------                Director
Gerald B. Blouch

/S/ Thomas R. Miklich               Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel,
---------------------               Corporate Secretary and Interim V.P.
Thomas R. Miklich                   Human Resources
                                    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/S/ Joseph B. Richey, II            Director
------------------------
Joseph B. Richey, II

/S/ James C. Boland                 Director
-------------------
James C. Boland

/S/ Frank B. Carr                   Director
-----------------
Frank B. Carr

/S/ Michael F. Delaney              Director
----------------------
Michael F. Delaney

                                      II-3
<PAGE>

/S/ Whitney Evans                   Director
-----------------
Whitney Evans

/S/ Bernadine P. Healy, M.D.        Director
---------------------------
Bernadine P. Healy, M.D.

/S/ John R. Kasich                  Director
--------------------
John R. Kasich

/S/ Dan T. Moore III                Director
--------------------
Dan T. Moore III

/S/ E. P. Nalley                    Director
----------------
E. P. Nalley

/S/ William M. Weber                Director
--------------------
William M. Weber

                                      II-4
<PAGE>




                              INVACARE CORPORATION
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


   Exhibit                         Exhibit
   Number                        Description
   ------                        -----------

    4.1           Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company,
                  as amended. (A)
    4.2           Code of Regulations of the Company, as amended through May 22,
                  1996. (B)
    4.3           Specimen Share Certificate for Common Shares, as revised. (C)
    4.4           Rights Agreement between the Company and the Rights Agent,
                  dated July 7, 1995. (D)
    4.5           The Invacare Corporation 1994 Performance Plan. (E)
    4.6           Amendment No. 1 to the Invacare Corporation 1994 Performance
                  Plan. (F)
    4.7           Amendment No. 2 to the Invacare Corporation 1994 Performance
                  Plan. (x)
    5.1           Opinion of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP as to the validity of
                  the Common Shares. (x)
    23.1          Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. (x)
    23.2          Consent of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP (included in Exhibit
                  5.1 of this Registration Statement).
------------------

(A)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's Definitive Proxy Statement used in connection with the Annual
         Meeting of Shareholders held on May 28, 1987.
(B)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
         30, 1996.
(C)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's  Registration  Statement  on Form S-3  (Reg.  No.  33-40168),
         effective as of April 26, 1991.
(D)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's registration statement on Form 8-A, dated July 18, 1995.
(E)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's Definitive Proxy Statement used in connection with the Annual
         Meeting of Shareholders held on May 23, 1994.
(F)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's Definitive Proxy Statement used in connection with the Annual
         Meeting of Shareholders held on May 28, 1998.
(x)      Filed herewith.

                                      E-1
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2001
                                                           Registration No. 333-
________________________________________________________________________________
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              INVACARE CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                    Ohio                                 95-2680965
       (State or Other Jurisdiction of      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
       Incorporation or Organization)

                              Invacare Corporation
                                One Invacare Way
                               Elyria, Ohio 44036
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

                   INVACARE CORPORATION 1994 PERFORMANCE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                                 With a copy to:
Thomas R. Miklich                                ---------------
Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel         Dale C. LaPorte
and Secretary                                    Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Invacare Corporation                             1400 McDonald Investment Center
One Invacare Way                                 800 Superior Avenue
Elyria, Ohio 44036                               Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(440) 329-6000                                   (216) 622-8200

 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Proposed          Proposed
                                                                      maximum           maximum
                                                     Amount          offering          aggregate          Amount of
                                                     to be             Price           offering         registration
Title of securities to be registered             registered (2)    per share (1)       Price (1)            fee
----------------------------------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- ---------------
Common Shares, without par value (3)               3,500,000          $38.305         $134,066,405        $33,517
----------------------------------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------- ---------------
(1)  Estimated in accordance  with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the  Securities Act
     of 1933,  as amended  (the  "Securities  Act"),  solely for the  purpose of
     calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and
     low  sales  price of the  common  shares  without  par  value  of  Invacare
     Corporation (the "Common  Shares")  reported on the New York Stock Exchange
     on March 27, 2001.

(2)  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, this registration  statement
     also covers such  additional  Common  Shares  which may be issued or become
     issuable under the terms of the Invacare Corporation 1994 Performance Plan,
     as amended (the "Plan"),  in order to prevent  dilution  resulting from any
     stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.

(3)  One right  for each  Common  Share (a  "Right")  will  also be issued  with
     respect to each Common Share.  The terms of the Rights are described in the
     registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A,  dated July 18, 1995, as
     the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Pursuant  to General  Instruction  E to Form S-8,  the  contents of the
Registration  Statement  of Invacare  Corporation  (the  "Company")  on Form S-8
(Commission  File No.  33-87052)  registering  1,000,000  Common  Shares  of the
Company for issuance under the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference.  Since
the filing of the Company's  Registration  Statement No. 33-87052, the 1,000,000
Common Shares covered by such  Registration  Statement have been increased under
the Plan to 2,000,000  shares  pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, to
give effect to a two-for-one stock split in 1995.

                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
         -----------------------------------------------

         The  following  documents  of the  Company  previously  filed  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the  "Commission"),  are incorporated herein
by reference:

1.   The Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31,
     1999;

2.   The Company's  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
     March 31, 2000, June 30, 2000 and September 30, 2000;

3.   The   description   of  the  Common  Shares   contained  in  the  Company's
     Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A,  dated  October  21,  1986 (Reg.  No.
     0-12938) and any  amendments  and reports filed for the purpose of updating
     that description; and

4.   The  description  of the Rights  contained  in the  Company's  Registration
     Statement on Form 8-A,  dated July 18, 1995,  and any amendments or reports
     filed for the purpose of updating that description;

other than the portions of such  documents  that, by statute,  by designation in
such  document or otherwise,  are not deemed to be filed with the  Commission or
are not required to be incorporated herein by reference.

         All documents  subsequently  filed by the Company  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act") after the date of this  Registration  Statement,  prior to the filing of a
post-effective  amendment that  indicates that all securities  offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold,  shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in the  Registration  Statement and to be a part
hereof  from the date of filing of such  documents,  other than the  portions of
such  documents  that by statute,  by designation in such document or otherwise,
are not  deemed  to be  filed  with the  Commission  or are not  required  to be
incorporated herein by reference.

         Any  statement  contained  in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this  Registration  Statement shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a  statement  contained  in this  Registration  Statement  or in any  other
subsequently  filed  document  that also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference in this Registration  Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded  shall not be deemed,  except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

                                     II-1
Item 8.  Exhibits.
         --------

         See the Exhibit Index at Page E-1 of this Registration Statement.

                                      II-2
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 Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of  Elyria,  State of Ohio,  on this 30th day of March,
2001.

                                       INVACARE CORPORATION

                                       By:    /S/ A. Malachi Mixon III
                                              ------------------------
                                              A. Malachi Mixon III
                                              Chairman of the Board of Directors
                                              and Chief Executive Officer
                                              (Principal Executive Officer)

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities indicated on March 30, 2001.

        Signature                                  Title
        ---------                                  -----

/S/ A. Malachi Mixon III            Chairman of the Board of Directors
------------------------            and Chief Executive Officer
A. Malachi Mixon III                (Principal Executive Officer)

/S/ Gerald B. Blouch                President, Chief Operating Officer and
--------------------                Director
Gerald B. Blouch

/S/ Thomas R. Miklich               Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel,
---------------------               Corporate Secretary and Interim V.P.
Thomas R. Miklich                   Human Resources
                                    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/S/ Joseph B. Richey, II            Director
------------------------
Joseph B. Richey, II

/S/ James C. Boland                 Director
-------------------
James C. Boland

/S/ Frank B. Carr                   Director
-----------------
Frank B. Carr

/S/ Michael F. Delaney              Director
----------------------
Michael F. Delaney

                                      II-3
/S/ Whitney Evans                   Director
-----------------
Whitney Evans

/S/ Bernadine P. Healy, M.D.        Director
---------------------------
Bernadine P. Healy, M.D.

/S/ John R. Kasich                  Director
--------------------
John R. Kasich

/S/ Dan T. Moore III                Director
--------------------
Dan T. Moore III

/S/ E. P. Nalley                    Director
----------------
E. P. Nalley

/S/ William M. Weber                Director
--------------------
William M. Weber

                                      II-4
INVACARE CORPORATION
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

   Exhibit                         Exhibit
   Number                        Description
   ------                        -----------

    4.1           Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company,
                  as amended. (A)
    4.2           Code of Regulations of the Company, as amended through May 22,
                  1996. (B)
    4.3           Specimen Share Certificate for Common Shares, as revised. (C)
    4.4           Rights Agreement between the Company and the Rights Agent,
                  dated July 7, 1995. (D)
    4.5           The Invacare Corporation 1994 Performance Plan. (E)
    4.6           Amendment No. 1 to the Invacare Corporation 1994 Performance
                  Plan. (F)
    4.7           Amendment No. 2 to the Invacare Corporation 1994 Performance
                  Plan. (x)
    5.1           Opinion of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP as to the validity of
                  the Common Shares. (x)
    23.1          Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. (x)
    23.2          Consent of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP (included in Exhibit
                  5.1 of this Registration Statement).
------------------

(A)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's Definitive Proxy Statement used in connection with the Annual
         Meeting of Shareholders held on May 28, 1987.
(B)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
         30, 1996.
(C)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's  Registration  Statement  on Form S-3  (Reg.  No.  33-40168),
         effective as of April 26, 1991.
(D)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's registration statement on Form 8-A, dated July 18, 1995.
(E)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's Definitive Proxy Statement used in connection with the Annual
         Meeting of Shareholders held on May 23, 1994.
(F)      Incorporated  herein by  reference  to the  appropriate  exhibit to the
         Company's Definitive Proxy Statement used in connection with the Annual
         Meeting of Shareholders held on May 28, 1998.
(x)      Filed herewith.

                                      E-1