An elevator apparatus comprising: a car being movable up and down in a hoistway; and a first driving and hanging unit and a second driving and hanging unit including: a main rope unit (7, 7') that has first and second main ropes (5, 5', 6, 6'), with individual upper end portions (5a, 5a', 5b, 5b') of the first and second main ropes (5, 5', 6, 6') being fixedly attached to an upper portion of the hoistway so as to hang the car; a pair of car hanging pulleys (11, 11', 12, 12') that are mounted on the car so as to guide the first and second main ropes (5, 5', 6, 6') from the individual upper end portions (5a, 5a', 5b, 5b') in horizontal directions, respectively; a drive unit (8, 8') that is mounted on the car and includes a drive sheave (10, 10') around which the first and second main ropes (5, 5', 6, 6') from the individual car hanging pulleys (11, 11', 12, 12') are respectively wrapped; and a pair of wrap pulley (13, 13', 14, 14') that are mounted on the car so as to guide the first and second main ropes (5, 5', 6, 6') from the drive sheave (10, 10') in directions downwardly of the car, respectively, whereby the car is caused to move up and down in accordance with the rotation of the drive sheave (10, 10'); wherein the drive sheave (10, 10'), is driven to rotate around a rotation shaft that is disposed along a vertical direction, characterized in that the first driving and hanging unit is disposed at a lower portion of the car and the second driving and hanging unit is disposed at an upper portion of the car, wherein the rotational direction of the drive sheave of the first driving and hanging unit and the rotational direction of the drive sheave of the second driving and hanging unit are opposite to each other. a car being movable up and down in a hoistway; and a first driving and hanging unit and a second driving and hanging unit including: a main rope unit (7, 7') that has first and second main ropes (5, 5', 6, 6'), with individual upper end portions (5a, 5a', 5b, 5b') of the first and second main ropes (5, 5', 6, 6') being fixedly attached to an upper portion of the hoistway so as to hang the car; a pair of car hanging pulleys (11, 11', 12, 12') that are mounted on the car so as to guide the first and second main ropes (5, 5', 6, 6') from the individual upper end portions (5a, 5a', 5b, 5b') in horizontal directions, respectively; a drive unit (8, 8') that is mounted on the car and includes a drive sheave (10, 10') around which the first and second main ropes (5, 5', 6, 6') from the individual car hanging pulleys (11, 11', 12, 12') are respectively wrapped; and a pair of wrap pulley (13, 13', 14, 14') that are mounted on the car so as to guide the first and second main ropes (5, 5', 6, 6') from the drive sheave (10, 10') in directions downwardly of the car, respectively, whereby the car is caused to move up and down in accordance with the rotation of the drive sheave (10, 10'); wherein the drive sheave (10, 10'), is driven to rotate around a rotation shaft that is disposed along a vertical direction, characterized in that the first driving and hanging unit is disposed at a lower portion of the car and the second driving and hanging unit is disposed at an upper portion of the car, wherein the rotational direction of the drive sheave of the first driving and hanging unit and the rotational direction of the drive sheave of the second driving and hanging unit are opposite to each other.