Billy Crudup

Character: Steve Prefontaine

Donald Sutherland

Character: Bill Bowerman

Monica Potter

Character: Mary Marckx

Jeremy Sisto

Character: Frank Shorter

Matthew Lillard

Character: Roscoe Devine

Dean Norris

Character: Bill Dellinger

Billy Burke

Character: Kenny Moore

Gabriel Olds

Character: Don Kardong

Judith Ivey

Character: Barbara Bowerman

William Mapother

Character: Bob Peters

Amy Jo Johnson

Character: Iowa's finest

Katharine Towne

Character: Coed #1

Adam Setliff

Character: Mac Wilkins

Lisa Banes

Character: Elfriede Prefontaine

Frank Shorter

Character: Fred Long

Charlie Jones

Character: Himself

William Friedkin

Character: TV Director

David Coleman

Character: BBC Commentator

Jamie Schwering

Character: Prefontaine at Age 6

Garth Granholm

Character: George Young

Karen Elliott

Character: Molly Cox

Greg Foote

Character: Walt McClure

Ryan Scott Warren

Character: Finnish Offical

Ken Merckx

Character: Eugene Register Reporter

Cassandra A. Coogan

Character: Coed #2

Amy Erenberger

Character: Coed #3

Edwin L. Coleman II

Character: Turn Judge

Jay Thorson

Character: Pole Vvaulter

John Roemer

Character: German Guard

Wendy Ray

Character: Hayward Field Announcer

Wade Bell

Character: Starter

Coleman Dow

Character: Bully

Kim Nickel

Character: Flight Attendant

Jeffrey Atkinson

Character: Steve Bence

James Howarth

Character: Arne Kvalhiem

Avi Haas

Character: Technical Director

Dawn Aotani

Character: Control Room Assistant #1

Jim Sevin

Character: Control Room Assistant #2

Pat Porter

Character: Lasse Viren

Steve Ave

Character: Mohamed Gammoudi

Jonathan Pritchard

Character: Dave Bedford

Tom Ansberry

Character: Emiel Putterman

Sol Alexis Sallos

Character: Harold Norpoth

Thomas DeBacker

Character: Juha Vastinen

Ashley Johnson

Character: Ian Stewart

Brad Hudson

Character: Javier Alvarez

Todd D. Lewis

Character: Frank Eisenberg

Tove Christensen

Character: Per Hallie

Chris Caldwell

Character: Nikolay Sviridor

Paul Michael Vincent

Character: Ian McCaffrety

Erich Anderson

Character: Colin Ponder (uncredited)

Marcus Ashley

Character: Runner (uncredited)

Joseph Burke

Character: Campbell (uncredited)

Michael Consoldane

Character: Finnish Official (uncredited)

Jayson Crittenden

Character: William (uncredited)

Michael Doherty

Character: Gerry Lindgren (uncredited)

Mark Fretta

Character: Runner (uncredited)

Melissa Heilman

Character: Party Guest / Fan / Pretty Redhead (uncredited)

Kalin Jensen

Character: Extra in Crowd (uncredited)

Todd Lewis

Character: Irate Driver (uncredited)

Rod Richards

Character: Man at Fence in Last Race (uncredited)

Robert Warberg

Character: Bartender #1 (uncredited)