user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: What was the placing of the nation of east germany?
Columns: ['Rank', 'Name', 'Nation', 'Total Points', 'Placings']
Types: ['real', 'text', 'text', 'real', 'real']
Sample row: [1.0, 'Diane Towler / Bernard Ford', 'United Kingdom', 259.8, 7.0]
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("Placings") FROM "Table" WHERE "Nation" = 'east germany';