The principal block of Z_pS_{2p} (submitted) Gabriele Nebe Abteilung Reine Mathematik Universitaet Ulm 89069 Ulm Germany URL: http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm/ReineM/nebe Abstract: This note describes the principal block ${\cal B}$ of the group ring of the symmetric group $S_{2p}$ over the $p$-adic integers $\Z _p $ for odd primes $p$. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 20C05, 20C11