The 32-year-old Greek earned $250,000 for the win and a $1 million bonus, but the mark will not be recognized because the event allows banned performance-enhancing drugs and he wore a prohibited polyurethane suit.
42 athletes competed across swimming, athletics and weightlifting before a curated crowd of about 2,500, with organizers saying most used enhancement and 13 set personal bests.
World Aquatics called the event a "circus, built on short-cuts," adding to IOC and Wada criticism of the Games as an immoral and dangerous challenge to mainstream anti-doping rules.
When human limits are pushed by drugs, is it still sport or a science experiment?
What is the long-term health price for a million-dollar, drug-fueled world record?