In the men's 200m, Erik Erlandsson got off to a good start from lane three in his heat, coming off the bend in fourth place, which he held until he crossed the line in 20.89. Linus Pihl ran the opposite style in the second heat with near-identical results - he finished strongly to take fourth in 20.88. A slower third and final heat ultimately meant both Swedes had qualified for the evening's semi-finals.
Louise Ekman put herself among the leading contenders in the women's high jump, clearing 1.91m with the last of five first-time clearances and no fouls to finish in first place in qualification. Having improved her personal best to 1.96m earlier this year, Ekman will be back for the final in the evening session on 15th August, but she will not be joined by competriots Ellen Ekholm (1.88m) and Engla Nilsson (1.84m), who fell short of the automatic qualification height.
There was real disappointment for two of the three Swedish athletes in the men's 3000m steeplechase heats. After getting himself into a good position early on in the first race, things took a turn for Simon Sundstrom when he fell around the 1000m-mark, catching his lead leg on the barrier. The 28-year-old was quickly up and was working his way back to the pack when the pace lifted, and he quickly was detached again, calling it a day with just over 1km to go.
Vidar Johansson and Leo Magnusson were hoping for a smoother run in race two, and both were safely among the main bunch until Johansson pulled up injured shortly after taking the water jump just past the halfway mark. 11 runners were left in the main bunch with 700m to go, at which point Magnusson put in an injection of pace down the outside to go third as they took the bell. He cemented his place among the leaders on the final lap, finishing fifth in a time of 8:35.12, less than a second down on the winning time of Spain's Daniel Arce.
In the women's 400m, Elna Wester managed to reach the semi-finals despite finishing last in her heat, but sadly, repeating that trick was never going to be enough to reach the final. She finished her race eighth of eight, yet there was cause for celebration once again, as she ran a personal best of 52.02.
First out in the yellow and blue vest in the morning session was Emil Uhlin, who was sitting in 19th place on 3930 points after the first day of the decathlon. Starting the second day with the 110m hurdles, Uhlin finished sixth in the heat for weaker hurdlers, posting an 18th-best time of 15.03, before throwing 42.49m in the discus.
Stahl goes for gold in evening session
While Pihl and Erlandsson are back for their semi-finals and Uhlin concludes the decathlon, Sweden will have three finalists in Thursday's evening session.
Three-time world and one-time Olympic champion Daniel Stahl is aiming to win an elusive first men's European discus title having needed just one attempt to reach the automatic qualification distance earlier this week.
Also in the field, Kajsa Roth goes in the women's pole vault final, fresh from clearing a personal best of 4.50m in the first round, while Maja Askag is looking for a first major senior medal in the women's triple jump final.