Murray, who won silver four years ago in Britain’s capital, was the first to qualify a quota spot for Team GB at Rio 2016 with her performance at the 2015 World Championships in Germany’s capital Berlin.

The 26-year-old returns to the Team GB fold for her second appearance at an Olympics, while Kate French, Joe Choong and Jamie Cooke are all in line for their Games debuts.

Murray’s medal at London 2012 was the seventh for Team GB since the sport made its first appearance at an Olympics in 1912.

It is now her goal to become the first British female pentathlete to win medals at two separate Games. 

"The good thing is, I know I’ve got everything already," she said. 

"I’ve got all the skills and it’s about probably self-coaching myself, trying to keep on track and trying to remind myself of what I can achieve.

"It’s going to be a test, a huge test and a challenge, but most importantly, it’s an opportunity and I’m not someone who passes opportunities by - I take them.

"So I really want to go to Rio and I want to come home with a medal.

"I’m not going to rest until I feel like all the work is done."

Cooke was the last to join the ranks but makes the cut after narrowly missing out on a spot at London 2012, securing his berth with a top-10 finish at this year’s World Championships in Moscow.

This followed victories at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup in Kecskemét in Hungary and last month’s UIPM World Cup Final in Sarasota in Florida.

"Every athlete's dream is to go to the Olympics and obviously missing out on them, it was heartbreaking, really, really disappointing, but then obviously going to support the boys was amazing," said Cooke, the world number one.

"The London Olympics were insane.

"The volunteers, the crowd, everything was just a huge, huge party pretty much.

"And sat in the crowd watching Nick [Woodbridge] and Sam do really well was inspiring and it made me think I want to do this.

"So I knuckled down for next four years and here’s where we are."

French, 25, and Choong, 21, earned their tickets at the 2015 European Championships in Bath.

"The Olympics has been a dream since I started the sport in year nine at school," said Choong.

"When you start a sport and start doing well, you always keep looking at the next level and thinking bigger, and it doesn’t get any bigger than the Olympics.

"I watched London 2012 and that definitely motivated me to try and get to the next Games.

"It’s a big moment for me."

Team GB’s modern pentathlon team leader Dominic Mahony, who won team bronze at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, added: "This is a squad of four very strong athletes who have qualified well and led by a London 2012 medallist in Samantha Murray.

"Rio 2016 is going to be a really high quality competition and the standard in this cycle has been excellent across the board but we feel we have a team of exciting prospects heading to Brazil as part of Team GB.

"Our whole performance programme is geared towards medal potential at World Championship and Olympic level so it’s great to select these four strong athletes today and we’re looking forward to the Games in August."

Modern pentathlon at Rio 2016 is scheduled to take place from August 19 to 20 at Deodoro Aquatics Centre, Deodoro Stadium and Youth Arena.

Thirty-six athletes will compete each in the men's and women's events.

Initially the UIPM proposed that all five events be staged in the same arena and while this did not come to fruition, all venues are within approximately 300 metres of each other.

Team GB has now selected 75 athletes from nine sports for Rio 2016.