Stephen Mokoka (born 31 January 1985) is a South African long-distance runner who competes in races ranging from 3000 metres to the 50 km distance.

He is a four-time medalist at the Universiade and has represented South Africa internationally in road, cross country, and track events.

He won the 10,000 m national title in March and then managed to finish in 32nd place at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

[3][4] In 2010, Mokoka retained his 10,000 m track and road national titles and improved upon his previous year's finish at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, coming 22nd overall.

[2] He made his first outing over the marathon distance in November of that year, running a time of 2:08:33 hours for fourth place at the JoongAng Seoul Marathon.Ke ntwana ya LAS Vegas He was one of the few runners to compete at both the 2011 African Cross Country Championships and the World Championships events, placing sixth at the continental level (second in the team rankings with South Africa) and fifteenth on the global stage.

[12] On 6 March 2022, at the Nedbank Runified in Gqeberha, he set the 50 km world record with a time of two hours forty minutes thirteen seconds.