EXHIBIT 32.1

    CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
       (SUBSECTIONS (a) AND (b) OF SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18,
                              UNITED STATES CODE)


         Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections
(a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code), each
of the undersigned officers of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), hereby certifies with respect to the Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "10-Q Report") that to his
knowledge:

         (1) the 10-Q 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 10-Q Report fairly presents, in
         all material respects, the financial condition and results of
         operations of the Company.



Dated:   July 30, 2003                 /s/ Robert J. Keegan
                           -----------------------------------------------------
                                           Robert J. Keegan,
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer
                                                   of
                                  The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company



Dated:   July 30, 2003                  /s/ Robert W. Tieken
                           -----------------------------------------------------
                                            Robert W. Tieken,
                           Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                                                   of
                                    The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company