SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                            ________________________
                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            ________________________
                               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              Identification No.)
                organization)

               Post Office Box 11315, Kansas City, Missouri 64112
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                            ________________________
                                     SPRINT
                             RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                                       and
                         SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                          FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
                            (Full title of the Plans)
                            ________________________

                                 THOMAS A. GERKE
       Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel
                                 P.O. Box 11315
                           Kansas City, Missouri 64112
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

          Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
                                 (913) 794-1513
                            ________________________


<TABLE>

                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<CAPTION>

                                       Proposed
                                        maximum       Proposed
                          Amount       offering       Maximum       Amount of
Title of securities        to be         price       Aggregate    Registration
to be registered         registered    per share   offering price     Fee

<S>                      <C>         <C>           <C>             <C>

Shares of FON Common
Stock
($2.00 par value) . .    6,200,000   $13.83(1)    $85,746,000   $7,888.63(1)(2)

Shares of PCS Common
Stock
($1.00 par value) . .    10,400,000  $9.68(3)     $100,672,000  $9,261.82(2)(3)


<FN>
(1)  Estimated solely for purposes of determining the registration fee in
     accordance with Rule 457(h)(1).  The average of the high and low prices of
     the FON Common Stock on April 12, 2002, as reported in the consolidated
     reporting system, was $13.825.
</FN>

<FN>
(2)  The filing fees have previously been paid.
</FN>

<FN>
(3)  Estimated solely for purposes of determining the registration fee in
     accordance with Rule 457(h)(1).  The average of the high and low prices of
     the PCS Common Stock on April 11, 2002, as reported in the consolidated
     reporting system, was $9.675.
</FN>

</TABLE>

In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
employee benefit plans described herein.

The provisions of Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933 shall
apply to this Registration Statement and the number of shares
registered on this Registration Statement automatically shall
increase or decrease as a result of stock splits, stock dividends
or similar transactions.
Pursuant  to  Rule  429 under the Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Prospectus  relating  to this Registration  Statement  meets  the
requirements  for  use in connection with the  shares  of  common
stock  registered under the following Registration Statements  on
Form   S-8:    No.  33-38761,  No.  33-59324  and  No.  333-61526
pertaining  to the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan and the  Sprint
Retirement  Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees  (formerly
called the United System Savings Plan).

<PAGE>


  PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference

       The   following  documents  filed  by  Sprint  Corporation
("Sprint")  (File No. 1-04721), by the Sprint Retirement  Savings
Plan or by the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit
Employees  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission   are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

     o     Sprint's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended
           December 31, 2001.

     o     Sprint Retirement Savings Plan Annual Report on Form 11-K
           for the year ended December 31, 2000.

     o     Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees
           Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

     o     Sprint's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 4, 2002,
           and filed February 7, 2002.

     o     Sprint's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 1, 2002, and
           filed March 6, 2002.

     o     Sprint's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2002, and
           filed March 7, 2002.

     o     Description of FON Common Stock contained in Amendment No. 4
           to Sprint's Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to
           Sprint's FON Common Stock, filed April 17, 2002.

     o     Description of FON Group Rights contained in Amendment No. 3
           to Sprint's Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to
           Sprint's FON Group Rights, filed August 4, 1999.

     o     Description of PCS Common Stock contained in Amendment No. 4
           to Sprint's Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to
           Sprint's PCS Common Stock, filed April 17, 2002.

     o     Description of PCS Group Rights contained in Amendment No. 2
           to Sprint's Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to
           Sprint's PCS Group Rights, filed July 26, 1999.

      All  documents  subsequently filed by  Sprint,  the  Sprint
Retirement Savings Plan or the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for
Bargaining Unit Employees pursuant to

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Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, before the  filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered  have been sold or which
deregisters all securities  then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in   this   Registration  Statement
and  to  be  part  of   this Registration  Statement  from the date
of  the  filing  of  such documents.   Sprint  expressly excludes
from  such  incorporation information furnished pursuant to Item
9 of any Current Report on Form  8-K,  and  the  Report of the
Compensation  Committee,  the Performance  Graph  and any Report
on Repricing  of  Options/SARs contained  in  any  proxy statement
filed by Sprint  pursuant  to Section  14 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 subsequent  to the  date of filing of this Registration
Statement and before the termination  of  the offering of the
securities covered  by  this Registration Statement.

Item 4.   Description of Securities

     See Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     The  validity of the authorized and unissued shares  of  FON
Common Stock and PCS Common Stock to be issued to the Trustee for
the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan and the Trustee for the Sprint
Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees was  passed
upon by Michael T. Hyde, Assistant Secretary of Sprint.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

      Consistent  with  Section 17-6305 of  the  Kansas  Statutes
Annotated, Article IV, Section 9 of the Bylaws of Sprint provides
that  Sprint  will  indemnify  directors  and  officers  of   the
corporation  against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts  paid
in  settlement in connection with any action, suit or  proceeding
if  the  director or officer acted in good faith and in a  manner
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of  Sprint.  With respect to a criminal action or proceeding, the
director  or  officer must also have had no reasonable  cause  to
believe his conduct was unlawful.

      Under Section 9, Sprint may purchase and maintain insurance
on  behalf  of  any  person who is or was  a  director,  officer,
employee  or  agent of Sprint, or who is or was  serving  at  the
request  of Sprint as a director, officer, employee or  agent  of
another  corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or  other
enterprise,  against any liability arising out of his  status  as
such,  whether  or not Sprint would have the power  to  indemnify
such  persons  against such liability.  Sprint  carries  standard
directors  and officers liability coverage for its directors  and
officers.   Subject  to certain limitations and  exclusions,  the
policies  reimburse  Sprint  for  liabilities  indemnified  under
Section  9 and indemnify directors and officers of Sprint against
additional liabilities not indemnified under Section 9.

      Sprint has entered into indemnification agreements with its
directors  and  officers.   These  agreements  provide  for   the
indemnification,  to  the  full  extent  permitted  by  law,   of
expenses,  judgments,  fines,  penalties  and  amounts  paid   in
settlement incurred by the

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director or officer in connection with any  threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or  proceeding on account of service as
a director, officer or agent of Sprint.

Item 8.   Exhibits

Exhibit
Number    Exhibits

4-A.  The  rights of Sprint's equity security holders are defined
      in  Article  Fifth,  Article  Sixth,  Article  Seventh  and
      Article  Eighth of the Articles of Incorporation of  Sprint
      Corporation.   The Articles are filed as  Exhibit  3(a)  to
      Sprint  Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for  the
      year  ended December 31, 2001, and incorporated  herein  by
      reference.

4-B.  Rights  Agreement  dated as of November 23,  1998,  between
      Sprint  Corporation and UMB Bank, n.a.  (filed  as  Exhibit
      4.1   to   Amendment   No.   1  to   Sprint   Corporation's
      Registration  Statement on Form 8-A  relating  to  Sprint's
      PCS   Group   Rights,   filed  November   25,   1998,   and
      incorporated herein by reference).

4-C.  Provisions regarding Stockholders' Meetings are  set  forth
      in  Article  III of the Bylaws.  Provisions  regarding  the
      Capital  Stock  Committee  are set  forth  in  Article  IV,
      Section  12 of the Bylaws.  The Bylaws are filed as Exhibit
      3.2   to   Amendment   No.   4  to   Sprint   Corporation's
      Registration  Statement on Form 8-A  relating  to  Sprint's
      Series 1 PCS Common Stock, filed April 17, 2002,  and
      incorporated herein by reference.

4-D.  Tracking  Stock  Policies of Sprint Corporation  (filed  as
      Exhibit 4(c) to Sprint Corporation's Annual Report on  Form
      10-K/A   for  the  year  ended  December  31,   2001,   and
      incorporated herein by reference).

4-E.  Amended  and  Restated  Standstill Agreement  dated  as  of
      November 23, 1998, by and among Sprint Corporation,  France
      Telecom  and  Deutsche Telekom AG (filed as Exhibit  4E  to
      Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 2  to  Sprint  Corporation's
      Registration  Statement  on Form  S-3  (No.  33-58488)  and
      incorporated  herein  by  reference),  as  amended  by  the
      Master  Transfer Agreement dated January 21,  2000  between
      and   among  France  Telecom,  Deutsche  Telekom  AG,   NAB
      Nordamerika     Beteiligungs    Holding     GmbH,     Atlas
      Telecommunications,   S.A.,  Sprint   Corporation,   Sprint
      Global  Venture,  Inc.  and the JV Entities  set  forth  in
      Schedule   II  thereto  (filed  as  Exhibit  2  to   Sprint
      Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January  26,
      2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

5.   Opinion and consent of Michael T. Hyde, Esq.

23-A  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23-B  Consent  of  Michael  T. Hyde, Esq.  is  contained  in  his
      opinion filed as Exhibit 5.

 24.  Power  of  Attorney  is  contained on  page  II-6  of  this
      Registration Statement.

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     Sprint   has  submitted  in  a  timely  manner  the   Sprint
 Retirement  Savings Plan and the Sprint Retirement Savings  Plan
 for  Bargaining Unit Employees and any amendment thereto to  the
 Internal  Revenue  Service ("IRS") for  a  determination  letter
 that  each of those Plans is qualified under Section 401 of  the
 Internal Revenue Code and will make all changes required by  the
 IRS in order to qualify the Plans.

Item 9.   Undertakings.

     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

      (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales of
the  securities being registered are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:

               (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section
          10(a)(3)  of  the Securities Act of 1933,  unless  such
          information is contained in a periodic report filed  by
          the  registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and incorporated
          herein by reference;

                (ii)  To  reflect in the prospectus any facts  or
          events   arising  after  the  effective  date  of   the
          Registration  Statement  (or  the  most  recent   post-
          effective amendment thereof) which, individually or  in
          the  aggregate, represent a fundamental change  in  the
          information  set  forth in the Registration  Statement,
          unless  such  information is contained  in  a  periodic
          report  filed by the registrant pursuant to Section  13
          or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
          and incorporated herein by reference; and

               (iii)     To include any material information with
          respect  to  the  plan of distribution  not  previously
          disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
          change   to   such  information  in  the   Registration
          Statement.

      (2)   That,  for the purpose of determining  any  liability
under  the  Securities  Act  of 1933,  each  such  post-effective
amendment  shall  be  deemed to be a new  Registration  Statement
relating  to the securities offered therein, and the offering  of
such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be  the  initial
bona fide offering thereof.

      (3)   To  remove  from registration by  means  of  a  post-
effective amendment any of the securities being registered  which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

      (4)   That, for purposes of determining any liability under
the  Securities  Act  of 1933, each filing  of  the  registrant's
annual  report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 (and,  where  applicable,  each
filing  of  an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant  to
Section  15(d)  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)  that  is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall  be
deemed  to  be  a  new  Registration Statement  relating  to  the
securities  offered

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therein, and the offering of such  securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities  Act  of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers
and  controlling  persons  of  the  registrant  pursuant  to  the
foregoing  provisions described under Item 6 above, or otherwise,
the  registrant  has  been advised that in  the  opinion  of  the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification   is
against  public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.   In  the event that a claim  for  indemnification
against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment   by   the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
any  action,  suit or proceeding) is asserted by  such  director,
officer  or  controlling person in connection with the securities
being  registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion  of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to  a  court  of  appropriate jurisdiction  the  question
whether  such indemnification by it is against public  policy  as
expressed  in  the  Act  and  will  be  governed  by  the   final
adjudication of such issue.

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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 Registration Statement to be signed
on  its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,  in
the  City  of Westwood, State of Kansas, on the 16th day  of
April, 2002.

                              SPRINT CORPORATION


                                    By:  /s/  A.B. Krause
                                      (A.B. Krause, Executive Vice President)

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

      We,  the  undersigned  officers  and  directors  of  Sprint
Corporation,  hereby severally constitute  W.  T.  Esrey,  R.  T.
LeMay,  A.  B. Krause, J. R. Devlin and T. A. Gerke and  each  of
them  singly,  our true and lawful attorneys with full  power  to
them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in
the  capacities indicated below the Registration Statement  filed
herewith   and  any  and  all  amendments  to  said  Registration
Statement,  and generally to do all such things in our  name  and
behalf  in  our  capacities as officers and directors  to  enable
Sprint   Corporation  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of   the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements  of  the
Securities   and  Exchange  Commission,  hereby   ratifying   and
confirming  our  signatures as they may be  signed  by  our  said
attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any
and all amendments thereto.

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

Name                    Title                          Date

                        Chairman of the Board and   )
/s/ W.T. Esrey          Chief Executive Officer     )
(W. T. Esrey)           (Principal Executive        )
                        Officer)                    )
                                                    )
                                                    )
                        Executive Vice President    )
/s/ A.B. Krause         and Chief Financial Officer ) April 16, 2002
(A. B. Krause)          (Principal Financial        )
                        Officer)                    )
                                                    )
                                                    )
/s/ J.P. Meyer          Senior Vice President and   )
(J. P. Meyer)           Controller                  )
                        (Principal Accounting       )
                        Officer)                    )

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                                                    )
/s/ DuBose Ausley                                   )
(DuBose Ausley)         Director                    )
                                                    )
/s/ I.O. Hockaday, Jr.                              )
(I. O. Hockaday, Jr.)   Director                    )
                                                    )
/s/ R.T. LeMay                                      )
(R. T. LeMay)           Director                    )
                                                    )
/s/ Linda K. Loriner                                )
(L. K. Lorimer)         Director                    ) April 16, 2002
                                                    )
/s/ C.E. Rice                                       )
(C. E. Rice)            Director                    )
                                                    )
/s/ Louis W. Smith                                  )
(Louis W. Smith)        Director                    )
                                                    )
/s/ Stewart Turley                                  )
(Stewart Turley)        Director                    )



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                           SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Savings Plan Committee has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Westwood, State of
Kansas, on the 16th day of April, 2002.

                              SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN



                              By:       /s/ B. Watson
                                   I.Benjamin Watson
                                   Savings Plan Committee Member





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<PAGE>

                           SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Savings Plan Committee has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Westwood, State of
Kansas, on the 16th day of April, 2002.

                              SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                              FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES



                              By:       /s/ B. Watson
                                   I.Benjamin Watson
                                   Savings Plan Committee Member

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<PAGE>



                          EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

4-A.  The  rights of Sprint's equity security holders are defined
      in  Article  Fifth,  Article  Sixth,  Article  Seventh  and
      Article  Eighth of the Articles of Incorporation of  Sprint
      Corporation.   The Articles are filed as  Exhibit  3(a)  to
      Sprint  Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for  the
      year  ended December 31, 2001, and incorporated  herein  by
      reference.

4-B.  Rights  Agreement  dated as of November 23,  1998,  between
      Sprint  Corporation and UMB Bank, n.a.  (filed  as  Exhibit
      4.1   to   Amendment   No.   1  to   Sprint   Corporation's
      Registration  Statement on Form 8-A  relating  to  Sprint's
      PCS   Group   Rights,   filed  November   25,   1998,   and
      incorporated herein by reference).

4-C.  Provisions regarding Stockholders' Meetings are  set  forth
      in  Article  III of the Bylaws.  Provisions  regarding  the
      Capital  Stock  Committee  are set  forth  in  Article  IV,
      Section  12 of the Bylaws.  The Bylaws are filed as Exhibit
      3.2   to   Amendment   No.   4  to   Sprint   Corporation's
      Registration  Statement on Form 8-A  relating  to  Sprint's
      Series 1 PCS Common Stock, filed April 17, 2002,  and
      incorporated herein by reference.

4-D.  Tracking  Stock  Policies of Sprint Corporation  (filed  as
      Exhibit 4(c) to Sprint Corporation's Annual Report on  Form
      10-K/A   for  the  year  ended  December  31,   2001,   and
      incorporated herein by reference).

4-E.  Amended  and  Restated  Standstill Agreement  dated  as  of
      November 23, 1998, by and among Sprint Corporation,  France
      Telecom  and  Deutsche Telekom AG (filed as Exhibit  4E  to
      Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 2  to  Sprint  Corporation's
      Registration  Statement  on Form  S-3  (No.  33-58488)  and
      incorporated  herein  by  reference),  as  amended  by  the
      Master  Transfer Agreement dated January 21,  2000  between
      and   among  France  Telecom,  Deutsche  Telekom  AG,   NAB
      Nordamerika     Beteiligungs    Holding     GmbH,     Atlas
      Telecommunications,   S.A.,  Sprint   Corporation,   Sprint
      Global  Venture,  Inc.  and the JV Entities  set  forth  in
      Schedule   II  thereto  (filed  as  Exhibit  2  to   Sprint
      Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January  26,
      2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

5.    Opinion and consent of Michael T. Hyde, Esq.

23-A  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23-B  Consent  of  Michael  T. Hyde, Esq.  is  contained  in  his
      opinion filed as Exhibit 5.

24.   Power  of  Attorney  is  contained on  page  II-6  of  this
      Registration Statement.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                            ________________________
                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            ________________________
                               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              Identification No.)
                organization)

               Post Office Box 11315, Kansas City, Missouri 64112
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                            ________________________
                                     SPRINT
                             RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                                       and
                         SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                          FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
                            (Full title of the Plans)
                            ________________________

                                 THOMAS A. GERKE
       Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel
                                 P.O. Box 11315
                           Kansas City, Missouri 64112
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

          Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
                                 (913) 794-1513
                            ________________________

                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
                                        maximum       Proposed
                          Amount       offering       Maximum       Amount of
Title of securities        to be         price       Aggregate    Registration
to be registered         registered    per share   offering price     Fee
Shares of FON Common
Stock
($2.00 par value) . .    6,200,000   $13.83(1)    $85,746,000   $7,888.63(1)(2)

Shares of PCS Common
Stock
($1.00 par value) . .    10,400,000  $9.68(3)     $100,672,000  $9,261.82(2)(3)
(1)  Estimated solely for purposes of determining the registration fee in
     accordance with Rule 457(h)(1).  The average of the high and low prices of
     the FON Common Stock on April 12, 2002, as reported in the consolidated
     reporting system, was $13.825.
(2)  The filing fees have previously been paid.
(3)  Estimated solely for purposes of determining the registration fee in
     accordance with Rule 457(h)(1).  The average of the high and low prices of
     the PCS Common Stock on April 11, 2002, as reported in the consolidated
     reporting system, was $9.675.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
employee benefit plans described herein.

The provisions of Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933 shall
apply to this Registration Statement and the number of shares
registered on this Registration Statement automatically shall
increase or decrease as a result of stock splits, stock dividends
or similar transactions.
Pursuant  to  Rule  429 under the Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Prospectus  relating  to this Registration  Statement  meets  the
requirements  for  use in connection with the  shares  of  common
stock  registered under the following Registration Statements  on
Form   S-8:    No.  33-38761,  No.  33-59324  and  No.  333-61526
pertaining  to the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan and the  Sprint
Retirement  Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees  (formerly
called the United System Savings Plan).
PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference

       The   following  documents  filed  by  Sprint  Corporation
("Sprint")  (File No. 1-04721), by the Sprint Retirement  Savings
Plan or by the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit
Employees  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission   are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

     o     Sprint's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended
           December 31, 2001.

     o     Sprint Retirement Savings Plan Annual Report on Form 11-K
           for the year ended December 31, 2000.

     o     Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees
           Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

     o     Sprint's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 4, 2002,
           and filed February 7, 2002.

     o     Sprint's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 1, 2002, and
           filed March 6, 2002.

     o     Sprint's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2002, and
           filed March 7, 2002.

     o     Description of FON Common Stock contained in Amendment No. 4
           to Sprint's Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to
           Sprint's FON Common Stock, filed April 17, 2002.

     o     Description of FON Group Rights contained in Amendment No. 3
           to Sprint's Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to
           Sprint's FON Group Rights, filed August 4, 1999.

     o     Description of PCS Common Stock contained in Amendment No. 4
           to Sprint's Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to
           Sprint's PCS Common Stock, filed April 17, 2002.

     o     Description of PCS Group Rights contained in Amendment No. 2
           to Sprint's Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to
           Sprint's PCS Group Rights, filed July 26, 1999.

      All  documents  subsequently filed by  Sprint,  the  Sprint
Retirement Savings Plan or the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for
Bargaining Unit Employees pursuant to

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Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, before the  filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered  have been sold or which
deregisters all securities  then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in   this   Registration  Statement
and  to  be  part  of   this Registration  Statement  from the date
of  the  filing  of  such documents.   Sprint  expressly excludes
from  such  incorporation information furnished pursuant to Item
9 of any Current Report on Form  8-K,  and  the  Report of the
Compensation  Committee,  the Performance  Graph  and any Report
on Repricing  of  Options/SARs contained  in  any  proxy statement
filed by Sprint  pursuant  to Section  14 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 subsequent  to the  date of filing of this Registration
Statement and before the termination  of  the offering of the
securities covered  by  this Registration Statement.

Item 4.   Description of Securities

     See Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     The  validity of the authorized and unissued shares  of  FON
Common Stock and PCS Common Stock to be issued to the Trustee for
the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan and the Trustee for the Sprint
Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees was  passed
upon by Michael T. Hyde, Assistant Secretary of Sprint.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

      Consistent  with  Section 17-6305 of  the  Kansas  Statutes
Annotated, Article IV, Section 9 of the Bylaws of Sprint provides
that  Sprint  will  indemnify  directors  and  officers  of   the
corporation  against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts  paid
in  settlement in connection with any action, suit or  proceeding
if  the  director or officer acted in good faith and in a  manner
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of  Sprint.  With respect to a criminal action or proceeding, the
director  or  officer must also have had no reasonable  cause  to
believe his conduct was unlawful.

      Under Section 9, Sprint may purchase and maintain insurance
on  behalf  of  any  person who is or was  a  director,  officer,
employee  or  agent of Sprint, or who is or was  serving  at  the
request  of Sprint as a director, officer, employee or  agent  of
another  corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or  other
enterprise,  against any liability arising out of his  status  as
such,  whether  or not Sprint would have the power  to  indemnify
such  persons  against such liability.  Sprint  carries  standard
directors  and officers liability coverage for its directors  and
officers.   Subject  to certain limitations and  exclusions,  the
policies  reimburse  Sprint  for  liabilities  indemnified  under
Section  9 and indemnify directors and officers of Sprint against
additional liabilities not indemnified under Section 9.

      Sprint has entered into indemnification agreements with its
directors  and  officers.   These  agreements  provide  for   the
indemnification,  to  the  full  extent  permitted  by  law,   of
expenses,  judgments,  fines,  penalties  and  amounts  paid   in
settlement incurred by the

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director or officer in connection with any  threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or  proceeding on account of service as
a director, officer or agent of Sprint.

Item 8.   Exhibits

Exhibit
Number    Exhibits

4-A.  The  rights of Sprint's equity security holders are defined
      in  Article  Fifth,  Article  Sixth,  Article  Seventh  and
      Article  Eighth of the Articles of Incorporation of  Sprint
      Corporation.   The Articles are filed as  Exhibit  3(a)  to
      Sprint  Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for  the
      year  ended December 31, 2001, and incorporated  herein  by
      reference.

4-B.  Rights  Agreement  dated as of November 23,  1998,  between
      Sprint  Corporation and UMB Bank, n.a.  (filed  as  Exhibit
      4.1   to   Amendment   No.   1  to   Sprint   Corporation's
      Registration  Statement on Form 8-A  relating  to  Sprint's
      PCS   Group   Rights,   filed  November   25,   1998,   and
      incorporated herein by reference).

4-C.  Provisions regarding Stockholders' Meetings are  set  forth
      in  Article  III of the Bylaws.  Provisions  regarding  the
      Capital  Stock  Committee  are set  forth  in  Article  IV,
      Section  12 of the Bylaws.  The Bylaws are filed as Exhibit
      3.2   to   Amendment   No.   4  to   Sprint   Corporation's
      Registration  Statement on Form 8-A  relating  to  Sprint's
      Series 1 PCS Common Stock, filed April 17, 2002,  and
      incorporated herein by reference.

4-D.  Tracking  Stock  Policies of Sprint Corporation  (filed  as
      Exhibit 4(c) to Sprint Corporation's Annual Report on  Form
      10-K/A   for  the  year  ended  December  31,   2001,   and
      incorporated herein by reference).

4-E.  Amended  and  Restated  Standstill Agreement  dated  as  of
      November 23, 1998, by and among Sprint Corporation,  France
      Telecom  and  Deutsche Telekom AG (filed as Exhibit  4E  to
      Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 2  to  Sprint  Corporation's
      Registration  Statement  on Form  S-3  (No.  33-58488)  and
      incorporated  herein  by  reference),  as  amended  by  the
      Master  Transfer Agreement dated January 21,  2000  between
      and   among  France  Telecom,  Deutsche  Telekom  AG,   NAB
      Nordamerika     Beteiligungs    Holding     GmbH,     Atlas
      Telecommunications,   S.A.,  Sprint   Corporation,   Sprint
      Global  Venture,  Inc.  and the JV Entities  set  forth  in
      Schedule   II  thereto  (filed  as  Exhibit  2  to   Sprint
      Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January  26,
      2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

5.   Opinion and consent of Michael T. Hyde, Esq.

23-A  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23-B  Consent  of  Michael  T. Hyde, Esq.  is  contained  in  his
      opinion filed as Exhibit 5.

 24.  Power  of  Attorney  is  contained on  page  II-6  of  this
      Registration Statement.

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Sprint   has  submitted  in  a  timely  manner  the   Sprint
 Retirement  Savings Plan and the Sprint Retirement Savings  Plan
 for  Bargaining Unit Employees and any amendment thereto to  the
 Internal  Revenue  Service ("IRS") for  a  determination  letter
 that  each of those Plans is qualified under Section 401 of  the
 Internal Revenue Code and will make all changes required by  the
 IRS in order to qualify the Plans.

Item 9.   Undertakings.

     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

      (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales of
the  securities being registered are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:

               (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section
          10(a)(3)  of  the Securities Act of 1933,  unless  such
          information is contained in a periodic report filed  by
          the  registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and incorporated
          herein by reference;

                (ii)  To  reflect in the prospectus any facts  or
          events   arising  after  the  effective  date  of   the
          Registration  Statement  (or  the  most  recent   post-
          effective amendment thereof) which, individually or  in
          the  aggregate, represent a fundamental change  in  the
          information  set  forth in the Registration  Statement,
          unless  such  information is contained  in  a  periodic
          report  filed by the registrant pursuant to Section  13
          or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
          and incorporated herein by reference; and

               (iii)     To include any material information with
          respect  to  the  plan of distribution  not  previously
          disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
          change   to   such  information  in  the   Registration
          Statement.

      (2)   That,  for the purpose of determining  any  liability
under  the  Securities  Act  of 1933,  each  such  post-effective
amendment  shall  be  deemed to be a new  Registration  Statement
relating  to the securities offered therein, and the offering  of
such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be  the  initial
bona fide offering thereof.

      (3)   To  remove  from registration by  means  of  a  post-
effective amendment any of the securities being registered  which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

      (4)   That, for purposes of determining any liability under
the  Securities  Act  of 1933, each filing  of  the  registrant's
annual  report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 (and,  where  applicable,  each
filing  of  an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant  to
Section  15(d)  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)  that  is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall  be
deemed  to  be  a  new  Registration Statement  relating  to  the
securities  offered

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therein, and the offering of such  securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities  Act  of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers
and  controlling  persons  of  the  registrant  pursuant  to  the
foregoing  provisions described under Item 6 above, or otherwise,
the  registrant  has  been advised that in  the  opinion  of  the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification   is
against  public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.   In  the event that a claim  for  indemnification
against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment   by   the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
any  action,  suit or proceeding) is asserted by  such  director,
officer  or  controlling person in connection with the securities
being  registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion  of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to  a  court  of  appropriate jurisdiction  the  question
whether  such indemnification by it is against public  policy  as
expressed  in  the  Act  and  will  be  governed  by  the   final
adjudication of such issue.

                                II-5
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 Westwood, State of Kansas, on the 16th day  of
April, 2002.

                              SPRINT CORPORATION

                                    By:  /s/  A.B. Krause
                                      (A.B. Krause, Executive Vice President)

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

      We,  the  undersigned  officers  and  directors  of  Sprint
Corporation,  hereby severally constitute  W.  T.  Esrey,  R.  T.
LeMay,  A.  B. Krause, J. R. Devlin and T. A. Gerke and  each  of
them  singly,  our true and lawful attorneys with full  power  to
them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in
the  capacities indicated below the Registration Statement  filed
herewith   and  any  and  all  amendments  to  said  Registration
Statement,  and generally to do all such things in our  name  and
behalf  in  our  capacities as officers and directors  to  enable
Sprint   Corporation  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of   the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements  of  the
Securities   and  Exchange  Commission,  hereby   ratifying   and
confirming  our  signatures as they may be  signed  by  our  said
attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any
and all amendments thereto.

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

Name                    Title                          Date

                        Chairman of the Board and   )
/s/ W.T. Esrey          Chief Executive Officer     )
(W. T. Esrey)           (Principal Executive        )
                        Officer)                    )
                                                    )
                                                    )
                        Executive Vice President    )
/s/ A.B. Krause         and Chief Financial Officer ) April 16, 2002
(A. B. Krause)          (Principal Financial        )
                        Officer)                    )
                                                    )
                                                    )
/s/ J.P. Meyer          Senior Vice President and   )
(J. P. Meyer)           Controller                  )
                        (Principal Accounting       )
                        Officer)                    )

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)
/s/ DuBose Ausley                                   )
(DuBose Ausley)         Director                    )
                                                    )
/s/ I.O. Hockaday, Jr.                              )
(I. O. Hockaday, Jr.)   Director                    )
                                                    )
/s/ R.T. LeMay                                      )
(R. T. LeMay)           Director                    )
                                                    )
/s/ Linda K. Loriner                                )
(L. K. Lorimer)         Director                    ) April 16, 2002
                                                    )
/s/ C.E. Rice                                       )
(C. E. Rice)            Director                    )
                                                    )
/s/ Louis W. Smith                                  )
(Louis W. Smith)        Director                    )
                                                    )
/s/ Stewart Turley                                  )
(Stewart Turley)        Director                    )

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Savings Plan Committee has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Westwood, State of
Kansas, on the 16th day of April, 2002.

                              SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

                              By:       /s/ B. Watson
                                   I.Benjamin Watson
                                   Savings Plan Committee Member

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Savings Plan Committee has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Westwood, State of
Kansas, on the 16th day of April, 2002.

                              SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                              FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES

                              By:       /s/ B. Watson
                                   I.Benjamin Watson
                                   Savings Plan Committee Member

                                II-9
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

4-A.  The  rights of Sprint's equity security holders are defined
      in  Article  Fifth,  Article  Sixth,  Article  Seventh  and
      Article  Eighth of the Articles of Incorporation of  Sprint
      Corporation.   The Articles are filed as  Exhibit  3(a)  to
      Sprint  Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for  the
      year  ended December 31, 2001, and incorporated  herein  by
      reference.

4-B.  Rights  Agreement  dated as of November 23,  1998,  between
      Sprint  Corporation and UMB Bank, n.a.  (filed  as  Exhibit
      4.1   to   Amendment   No.   1  to   Sprint   Corporation's
      Registration  Statement on Form 8-A  relating  to  Sprint's
      PCS   Group   Rights,   filed  November   25,   1998,   and
      incorporated herein by reference).

4-C.  Provisions regarding Stockholders' Meetings are  set  forth
      in  Article  III of the Bylaws.  Provisions  regarding  the
      Capital  Stock  Committee  are set  forth  in  Article  IV,
      Section  12 of the Bylaws.  The Bylaws are filed as Exhibit
      3.2   to   Amendment   No.   4  to   Sprint   Corporation's
      Registration  Statement on Form 8-A  relating  to  Sprint's
      Series 1 PCS Common Stock, filed April 17, 2002,  and
      incorporated herein by reference.

4-D.  Tracking  Stock  Policies of Sprint Corporation  (filed  as
      Exhibit 4(c) to Sprint Corporation's Annual Report on  Form
      10-K/A   for  the  year  ended  December  31,   2001,   and
      incorporated herein by reference).

4-E.  Amended  and  Restated  Standstill Agreement  dated  as  of
      November 23, 1998, by and among Sprint Corporation,  France
      Telecom  and  Deutsche Telekom AG (filed as Exhibit  4E  to
      Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 2  to  Sprint  Corporation's
      Registration  Statement  on Form  S-3  (No.  33-58488)  and
      incorporated  herein  by  reference),  as  amended  by  the
      Master  Transfer Agreement dated January 21,  2000  between
      and   among  France  Telecom,  Deutsche  Telekom  AG,   NAB
      Nordamerika     Beteiligungs    Holding     GmbH,     Atlas
      Telecommunications,   S.A.,  Sprint   Corporation,   Sprint
      Global  Venture,  Inc.  and the JV Entities  set  forth  in
      Schedule   II  thereto  (filed  as  Exhibit  2  to   Sprint
      Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January  26,
      2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

5.    Opinion and consent of Michael T. Hyde, Esq.

23-A  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23-B  Consent  of  Michael  T. Hyde, Esq.  is  contained  in  his
      opinion filed as Exhibit 5.

24.   Power  of  Attorney  is  contained on  page  II-6  of  this
      Registration Statement.