Career
He set a personal best time of 2:13:25, by finishing ninth at the 2010 Seoul International Marathon. Lee made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed forty-first out of a hundred runners in the marathon, with a time of 2:21:01. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Lee qualified for the second time in the men"s marathon, along with his teammates Kim Yi-Yong and Lee Bong-Ju.
He successfully finished the race in eighteenth place by seven seconds ahead of Finland"s Janne Holmen, posting his best Olympic career time of 2:14:37.