Just to show how fortunes come and go, and one shouldn't make too much out of any one year's results, the following chart is an analysis of the T&FN World Rankings in the men's 100 since the first year, 1947. The Rankings are scored 10-9-8..... making the perfect score 55. The best year ever was the U.S. in 1982, with 49. Only in one year has the U.S. not been the leader. Here's the leading nation for each year (note how the U.S. scores go wildly up and down, recently near historic lows): 1947 — United States 33 1948 — United States 29 1949 — United States 36 1950 — United States 34 1951 — Untied States 27 1952 — United States 35 1953 — United States 36 1954 — United States 36 1955 — United States 37 1956 — United States 43 1957 — United States 38 1958 — United States 31 1959 — United States 39 1960 — United States 27 1961 — United States 17 1962 — United States 30 1963 — United States 27 1964 — United States 25 1965 — United States 23 1966 — United States 17 1967 — United States 23 1968 — United States 26 1969 — United States 30 1970 — United States 32 1971 — United States 14 1972 — United States 26 1973 — United States 19 1974 — United States 26 1975 — United States 16 1976 — United States 19 1977 — United States 27 1978 — United States 22 1979 — United States 31 1980 — United States 35 1981 — United States 38 1982 — United States 49 1983 — United States 43 1984 — United States 42 1985 — United States 29 1986 — United States 22 1987 — United States 25 1988 — United States 28 1989 — United States 36 1990 — United States 36 1991 — United States 33 1992 — United States 25 1993 — United States 35 1994 — United States 30 1995 — Canada 18 (U.S. 12) 1996 — United States 16 1997 — United States 24 1998 — United States 20 1999 — United States 17 2000 — United States 23 gh
