It was far from a superior Swedish advancement as on the women's side where Jonna Sundling was clearly the fastest.
But it went the way.
Johan Häggström, Oskar Svensson, Marcus Grate and Anton Persson were all among the top 30 in the qualifiers and thus have to fight on for the medals.
Best of all was Johan Häggström who had the eighth best time, 5.58 seconds behind the first Lucas Chavanat.
Norwegian gold favorite.
Johannes Hösflot Kläbo was third fastest.
One who, on the other hand, does not make it to the quarter-finals is the Russian Alexander Bolshunov, who resigned before the qualifiers.
The quarterfinals start at 11.30.