[7][8] In 1928, Lee won five titles at an All Joseon Athletics Games, and especially in the 400 m sprint, he set a new competition record.
[4][9] In the same year, he also hit the Korean first official home run in a baseball match against Gyeongseong Medical College.
[4] In the same year, he played Intercity baseball tournament (Japanese national competition) games for Zenkeijō,[14] and led his team to finish as runners-up.
[10] He accomplished South Korean first ever victory in an international football competition against Mexico in the first round of the tournament.
[3][10] The Korea Baseball Association made the Lee Young-min Batting Award [ko] in 1958 to commemorate Lee's death, and it has been awarded to the overall batting champion in nine high school baseball competitions in South Korea.