X0202 4 2007-10-01 0 0000042582 GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/ GT 0001227740 WEIDEMEYER THOMAS H 615 WINNMARK DRIVE ROSWELL GA 30076-5525 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 1000 D ODEPPUnits 30.22 2007-10-01 4 A 0 786 30.22 A Common Stock 786 12886 D Total shares directly beneficially owned (as previously reported). Units, each equivalent to a hypothetical share of the common stock of the Company and payable only in cash, awarded pursuant to the Company's Outside Directors' Equity Participation Plan (the "Plan") and accrued to the Equity Participation Account of the reporting person in accordance with the Plan. Each unit was valued at the fair market value (the average of the high and low sale prices on the NYSE) on the Transaction Date. Each unit will be converted to a dollar amount at the fair market value of a share of common stock on the Conversion Date as specified in the Plan. Each unit accrued to a Plan Account receives dividend equivalents (converted into units) until the Conversion Date. After the Conversion Date until paid, the units will accrue interest as provided in the Plan. Units, each having a value equal to the fair market value of a share of the Company's common stock on the Transaction Date, were awarded pursuant to the Plan and accrued to the Equity Participation Account of the reporting person on the Transaction Date. Not applicable. Total units accrued to the Equity Participation Account of the reporting person as of the date of this statement. /s/ Bertram Bell, signing as an attorney-in-fact and agent duly authorized to execute this Form 4 on behalf of Thomas H Weidemeyer pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated 12/09/04, a copy of which has been previously filed with the SEC. 2007-10-03