Shirley Jo Finney

Wilma Rudolph

Cicely Tyson

Blanche Rudolph

Jason Bernard

Coach Temple

Joe Seneca

Ed Rudolph

Denzel Washington

Robert Eldridge - Age 18

Charles Blackwell

Coach Gray

Norman Matlock

Dr. Gordon

Larry B. Scott

Robert Eldridge - Age 12

Réjane Magloire

Wilma - Age 12

Piper Carter

Wilma - Age 4

Pauletta Washington

Mae Faggs

Andrea Frierson

Martha Hudson

Stacy Green

Tootie

Dury Cox

Pappy Marshall

Roger Askew

Dr. Williams

J. Franklin Taylor

Principal

L. Warren Young

Post Office Assistant