Asian Games: 5 of Singapore's all

This year's Asian Games unearthed two athletes who could go on to become one of Singapore's greatest athletes.

First, Joseph Schooling bagged 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze in his Asian Games debut, earning the first gold by a male swimmer in more than 32 years. Then, Jazreel Tan went one better than Schooling by winning four bowling medals: one team gold, two silvers (singles and trios) and one All-Events bronze.

Who are the Singapore athletes that have done the best at the Asian Games? Here's a top five list of the all-time greatest Singapore athletes at the Asiad:

1. Neo Chwee Kok (4 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze from 1951 and 1954 Games)

All talk of Singapore's greatest Asian Games athletes should start with the original 'Flying Fish'. At the very first Asian Games in New Delhi in 1951, the freestyle specialist set the bar of golden excellence by winning four freestyle golds (400m, 800m, 1,500m and 4x100m). No other Singaporean has won as many golds in one Asian Game edition as Neo.

Neo Chwee Kok also known as The Flying Fish, won four gold medals in the 1951 Asian Games. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

2. Remy Ong (3 golds, 2 silvers, 1 bronze from 2002, 2006 and 2010 Games)

One of the best bowlers the Republic has ever produced, Ong came closest to Neo's golden haul, when he snared three golds at the 2002 Busan Games. He followed it up with two silvers in the 2006 Doha Asiad, and finally a bronze at the Guangzhou Games in 2010. Nowadays, he is the head coach for the Singapore national team, guiding Jazreel Tan and co. to their women's team gold on Tuesday.

Singapore bowler Remy Ong won the first gold for Singapore in the Men single final of the Asian Games 2002. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

3. Tao Li (2 golds, 2 silvers, 2 bronzes from 2006, 2010 and 2014 Games)

Do not let her 1.6m height fool you - Tao is an explosive swimmer who shines on the big stage. The butterfly specialist is still the only Singapore athlete who has retained her Asian Games gold, as she won the 50m butterfly races in both the 2006 and 2010 Games.

Swimmer Tao Li won gold at the Asian Games 2010 women's 50m butterfly. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

4. Ang Peng Siong (1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronzes from 1982, 1986 and 1990 Games)

Quite possibly Singapore's best-known male swimmer, until Schooling came along. Clocked a world-best time of 22.69s in the 50m freestyle in 1982, a record that still stands as the national record for that race. In the same year, he won his Asian Games gold in New Delhi in the 100m freestyle.

Singapore swimmer Ang Peng Siong, who beat world 100 metres and 200m freestyle record holder Rowdy Gaines, of the United States, in the 50m freestyle last month, is banking on that power to propel him to the lead in the initial stages of the 100m freestyle in the Commonwelth Games in Brisbane. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

5. Junie Sng (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze from 1978 Games)

Singapore's swim queen in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Sng captured all her Asiad medals at the 1978 Bangkok Games, including a gold medal in the 400m freestyle which made her Singapore's first female Asian Games gold medallist.

Junie Sng proudly showing her two gold medals and a silver which she won during the Asian Games. -- PHOTO: ST FILE