Registration No. 333-41662



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 9133



                               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 11315, Kansas City, Missouri 64112
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                               SPRINT CORPORATION
                       1988 EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)


                                 MICHAEL T. HYDE
                               Assistant Secretary
                                 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) 794-1427





     This Registration Statement as originally filed related to the offering of
8,000,000 shares of PCS Common Stock issuable under the 1988 Employees Stock
Purchase Plan. All of the shares of PCS Common Stock covered by the Registration
Statement have been issued.




                                   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 14th day
of May, 2002.

                           SPRINT CORPORATION


                           By:          /s/ A.B. Krause
                              (A.B. Krause, Executive 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       )
                       Chief Executive Officer         )
W.T. ESREY*            (Principal Executive Officer)   )
                                                       )
                       Executive Vice President        )
                       - Chief Financial Officer       )
/s/ A.B. Krause        (Principal Financial Officer)   )
(A.B. Krause)                                          )
                                                       )
                       Senior Vice President and       )
                       Controller                      )
J.P. MEYER*            (Principal Accounting Officer)  )    May 14, 2002
                                                       )
                                                       )
DUBOSE AUSLEY*         Director                        )
                                                       )
                                                       )
I.O. HOCKADAY, JR.*    Director                        )
                                                       )
                                                       )
RONALD T. LEMAY*       Director                        )
                                                       )
                                                       )
                                                       )
(L.K. Lorimer)         Director                        )
                                                       )
                                                       )


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C.E. RICE*             Director                        )
                                                       )
                                                       )    May 14, 2002
LOUIS W. SMITH*        Director                        )
                                                       )
                                                       )
STEWART TURLEY*        Director                        )





/s/ A.B. Krause
*(Signed by A.B. Krause, Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to Power of Attorney filed
with this Registration Statement No. 333-41662)













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