 Kallur's victory delighted the Swedish crowd |
Sweden's Susanna Kallur took an outstanding win in the 100m hurdles, with Ireland's Derval O'Rourke sharing silver with German Kirsten Bolm. Belgium's Kim Gavaert claimed a sprint double after storming to 200m gold.
Roman Sebrle stormed to decathlon gold with Attila Zsivoczky in silver and Alexsey Drozdov taking the bronze.
Finland's Jukka Keskisalo won a shock 3,000m steeplechase gold while Belgium's Tia Hellebaut took the high jump with Kasja Bergqvist third.
DAY FIVE ACTION (all times BST)
DECATHLON
Roman Sebrle headed into the final day 160 points clear, and extended his lead to 190 after clocking 14.27 seconds in the 110m hurdles.
Sebrle then threw 45.47m in the discus to fall back to a 154-point lead with just the pole vault, javelin and 1500m remaining.
Aleksandr Pogorelov moved up into second after his throw of 47.39, while rival Aleksey Sysoyev is 19 points behind after managing 50.67.
Aleksey Drozdov completed the Russian trio vying for the silver medal, a further five points back.
When the pole vault eventually took place after the rain delays, Sebrle produced a season's best of 5.00m for 910 points.
Pogorelov vaulted a personal best of 5.10m while Stefan Drews of Germany managed 5.30m.
That left Sebrle on 7047 points, Pogorelov on 6927 and Drozdov on 6869, with just two events to go.
Sebrle then produced a throw of 66.90m in the javelin to extend his lead to 206 points and virtually guarantee himself the gold medal.
The 1500m saw Pogotelov run over 30 seconds slower than Attila Zsivoczky, which shunted the Hungarian into silver and left Drozdov in bronze.
Sebrle finished with 8526 points, 170 clear of Zsivoczky.
WOMEN'S LONG JUMP
Long jump qualifying began under gloomy Gothenburg skies and Briton Jade Johnson left the field on a stretcher after appearing to injure her knee during the warm-up.
Kelly Sotherton jumped 6.40m, which was not enough to put her through to the final.
Russia's Lyudmila Kolchanovaand Oksana Udmurtova are the only two athletes to go beyond seven metres this season, and both qualified comfortably.
Heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft also went through after producing a leap of 6.53m with her final effort.
WOMEN'S 100m HURDLES
Sweden's Susanna Kallur delighted the 30,000-strong crowd with an outstanding victory in 12.59 secs, with Ireland's Derval O'Rourke dipping to take silver in a national record.
Germany's Kirsten Bolm took bronze.
Kallur stormed out of the blocks and went away to win by a clear two metres, punching the air with delight as she crossed the line.
Kallur said: "I felt the support was really good - it made me calm at the start. It is just amazing to do this well in Gothenburg.
"I admit I was very nervous before the final, but when I heard the crowd shouting, 'Kallur! Kallur!' it made me calm."
O'Rourke said: "I thought I was fourth or fifth - I'm so so happy to get the silver.
"I tried to beat Susanna but I got silver - I'll take that. There are loads of Irish fans here which is great."
Britain's Sara McGreavy failed to qualify from her semi.
MEN'S 110m HURDLES
Andy Turner maintained his fine form this season by sailing into Saturday's semi-finals with a good run in the morning heats.
Commonwealth bronze medallist Turner won his heat in a time of 13.52 seconds.
"I have not raced for three weeks, so I felt a little bit rusty," he said.
"I concentrated on my technique and tried to stay relaxed. There is plenty left for the next rounds."
Compatriot David Hughes, third in his heat in a time of 13.66, also made it through but team debutant William Sharman, after finishing fourth in his qualifier with a time of 13.85, went out.
French world champion Ladji Doucoure came through the first round after deciding to take a gamble on his fitness - he tore a calf muscle three weeks ago.
Latvian Stanislav Olijar, who took silver four years ago, remains his main rival as he has a season's best time of 13.19 seconds.
MEN'S 800m
Britain's Sam Ellis was impressive coming through in third from the first semi-final to make Sunday's final, behind Florent Lacasse and Bram Som.
But Michael Rimmer was fortunate to qualify as a fastest loser after finishing fifth in the second semi behind Miguel Quesada and Andrea Longo.
Ellis said: "I took a lot away from yesterday's heat and wasn't making that mistake again. I timed it a lot better and I was much more tactically aware. I'm much happier with that."
Rimmer said: "I didn't feel too good - a bit tight and sore. I'm lucky to get through.
"With 120m to go I was so comfortable but I went to pieces, I really did. But I'm in the final so it's all to play for now."
WOMEN'S SHOT PUT
Belarussian favourites Nadezhda Ostapchuk and Natallia Khoronenko eased through to Saturday's final as German Nadine Kleinert topped the session with a throw of 18.75m.
Khoronenko, who won the Russian championship and world indoor gold, qualified in fourth with 18.14, while 2005 world champion Ostapchuk was seventh with 17.90.
German Petra Lammert, ranked as the European number three, finished just ahead of Ostapchuk with 18.02.
WOMEN'S 1500M
Russia duo Yuliya Chizhenko and Yelena Soboleva remained the ones to beat as they cruised through the semi-finals.
Chizhenko, who captured the world indoor title in March and leads the world rankings, edged Russian rival Tatyana Tomashova to win the first heat in four minutes 5.74 seconds.
But Bulgarian Daniela Yordanova managed a season-best of 4:05.72 in the other semi-final to qualify fastest ahead of world indoor record holder Soboleva with 4:05.81.
Britain's Helen Clitheroe made it through after finishing 10th fastest overall with 4:07.28 but Commonwealth champion Lisa Dobriskey missed out in 15th.
"I ran a good tactical race," Clitheroe, 32, said.
"There was no point in thinking about Sunday's final until I got there and in the circumstances and against tough opponents, I raced it as one."
Becky Lyne, nursing a sore Achilles after winning the 800m bronze medal on Thursday evening, was a non-starter.
WOMEN'S 200M
Kim Gevaert emulated Francis Obikwelu's Gothenburg feat and added the 200m crown to the 100m title she captured on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old Belgian came through in the final 50m to win in 22.69secs from Russia's Yuliya Gushina and Natalya Rusakova.
Gevaert becomes the first woman since Irina Privalova in 1994 to claim the European sprint double.
WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP
Kajsa Bergqvist was the first woman clear at 1.97m, but she was less than happy with her technique.
She then cleared 1.99m with much greater ease, and went clear at 2.01m to huge cheers from the Swedish crowd.
Belgium's Tia Hellebaut went clear at 1.97m and then sailed over 1.99m too to ramp up the competition.
Bergqvist then failed at 2.03m - and watched as Hellebaut went over at the same height.
Bulgaria's Venelina Veneva matched the Belgian, while Bergqvist failed at her first attempt at 2.05m.
When she failed with her second, she was out - and had to settle for bronze.
Veneva took the silver when she failed her final bite at 2.05m by a whisker - and Hellebaut had the gold in a new national and championship record.
Russia's Olympic champion Yelena Slesarenko failed at her first attempt at 1.99m.
MEN'S 3,000M STEEPLECHASE
Finland's Jukka Keskisalo took a shock gold with a late charge to beat Spain's Jose Luis Blanco and France's Bouabdellah Tahri.
Keskisalo came past Blanco with 150m to go and was the stronger man over the final barrier.
Sweden's Mustafa Mohamed had led with two laps to go, before Blanco took over and struck for home at the bell.
MEN'S HAMMER
Heavy rain during the afternoon session means the hammer will now take place on Saturday.
MEN'S WHEELCHAIR 1500M
Britain's David Weir delivered an imperious performance to win 1500m wheelchair gold. . The London Marathon champion led from start to finish and crossed the line more than 20m ahead of his rivals in three minutes 7.56 seconds.
Replay: Kallur strikes gold in 100m hurdles