Billy Crudup as Steve Prefontaine

Donald Sutherland as Bill Bowerman

Monica Potter as Mary Marckx

Jeremy Sisto as Frank Shorter

Matthew Lillard as Roscoe Devine

Dean Norris as Bill Dellinger

Billy Burke as Kenny Moore

Gabriel Olds as Don Kardong

Judith Ivey as Barbara Bowerman

William Mapother as Bob Peters

Amy Jo Johnson as Iowa's finest

Katharine Towne as Coed #1

Adam Setliff as Mac Wilkins

Lisa Banes as Elfriede Prefontaine

Frank Shorter as Fred Long

Charlie Jones as Himself

William Friedkin as TV Director

David Coleman as BBC Commentator

Jamie Schwering as Prefontaine at Age 6

Garth Granholm as George Young

Karen Elliott as Molly Cox

Greg Foote as Walt McClure

Ryan Scott Warren as Finnish Offical

Ken Merckx as Eugene Register Reporter

Cassandra A. Coogan as Coed #2

Amy Erenberger as Coed #3

Edwin L. Coleman II as Turn Judge

Jay Thorson as Pole Vvaulter

John Roemer as German Guard

Wendy Ray as Hayward Field Announcer

Wade Bell as Starter

Coleman Dow as Bully

Kim Nickel as Flight Attendant

Jeffrey Atkinson as Steve Bence

James Howarth as Arne Kvalhiem

Avi Haas as Technical Director

Dawn Aotani as Control Room Assistant #1

Jim Sevin as Control Room Assistant #2

Pat Porter as Lasse Viren

Steve Ave as Mohamed Gammoudi

Jonathan Pritchard as Dave Bedford

Tom Ansberry as Emiel Putterman

Sol Alexis Sallos as Harold Norpoth

Thomas DeBacker as Juha Vastinen

Ashley Johnson as Ian Stewart

Brad Hudson as Javier Alvarez

Todd D. Lewis as Frank Eisenberg

Tove Christensen as Per Hallie

Chris Caldwell as Nikolay Sviridor

Paul Michael Vincent as Ian McCaffrety

Erich Anderson as Colin Ponder (uncredited)

Marcus Ashley as Runner (uncredited)

Joseph Burke as Campbell (uncredited)

Michael Consoldane as Finnish Official (uncredited)

Jayson Crittenden as William (uncredited)

Michael Doherty as Gerry Lindgren (uncredited)

Mark Fretta as Runner (uncredited)

Melissa Heilman as Party Guest / Fan / Pretty Redhead (uncredited)

Kalin Jensen as Extra in Crowd (uncredited)

Todd Lewis as Irate Driver (uncredited)

Rod Richards as Man at Fence in Last Race (uncredited)

Robert Warberg as Bartender #1 (uncredited)