Russia's Sergey Kirdyapkin set a new Olympic record in winning the men's 50km walk at London 2012.
Australia's Jared Tallent matched the silver medal he won in four years ago in Beijing while Si was third.
Ireland's Rob Heffernan was fourth while Britain's Dominic King was 51st, more than 39 minutes behind the winner.
King, who was the last of the 51 finishers in 4:15.05, spent the last of his 25 laps high-fiving and applauding the crowd who had provided tremendous support for all the athletes on the 2km circular course around The Mall and Buckingham Palace.
Si made the first big move, around two-thirds of the way into the race, but hopes of a first Chinese gold in the event were quickly ended by Russian trio Kirdyapkin, Igor Erokhin and Sergey Bakulin.
Kirdyapkin then burst clear and as his team-mates and Si fell away, Tallent maintained his form to move into second.
Heffernan looked to be closing in on Si but in the end the Chinese walker was forced to hold off the challenge of Erokhin over the final 100m.
bbc
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